A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic

by Nicholas Eberstadt

Book Overview

In A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic, one of our country's foremost demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, details the exponential growth in entitlement spending over the past fifty years. As he notes, in 1960, entitlement payments accounted for well under a third of the federal government's total outlays. Today, entitlement spending accounts for a full two-thirds of the federal budget. Drawing on an impressive array of data...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599474352
• ISBN13: 9781599474359
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Templeton Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher