A Time for Truth

by William E. Simon

Book Overview

A distinguished conservative dissects the economic and political policies that threaten our liberty - and points the way to an American Renaissance. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070573786
• ISBN13: 9780070573789
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good Book By William Simon!

When you begin reading this book it turns into an interestingread. The book is authored by William Simon who served as theSecretary of the Treasury under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Simon relates to you his beliefs and philosphies about the free market system.Simon had done well with this systembecoming mega wealthy.Simon attempts sucessfully to warn theAmerican peopleabout the unbreakable connection between economicand political freedom.He warns that the expanding state is taking these freedoms away. A very interesting read by a verywise man. Read this book. You will like it.

Remembering Mr. Simon....he was a formidable intellect....

With the passing of Mr. Simon I was reminded of his book, A TIME FOR TRUTH. I read this great book 20 years ago while picking up what was remaining of my horrific beginning foray in college and working full-time in the vaults of Morgan Guaranty (J.P. Morgan).I credit Mr. Simon's book with helping to turn my life around and giving me the paternal leadership I was lacking. It's a marvelous book about how our illustrious and bellicose Congress of the United States dupes the American public with it's tax and spend policies and offers us a chance to reaquaint ourselves with our great founding principles. Without principles we are nothing...In 1986 while in the USMCR I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Simon while pulling guard duty at a MC Scholarship Fund dinner. I was thrilled.My sincere sympathies go out to his family.

Outstanding overview of economics

A must-read for anyone concerned not just about our country's economic future, but about personal freedom as well. Easy to read, trenchant, and incisive. William E. Simon comes across as one of our nation's greatest (and most overlooked) thinkers.

A real eye-opener.

The effect of central government planning is shocking. William Simon's foresight is excellent as we now sit with a post-cold war Russia. A strong recommend if you care at all about taxes. The current socialist movement in America should be stopped short.

Great inside view on what's wrong with planned economy

This is a great book, and easy-to-read too. It goes very well with Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose". F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman wrote a preface and a foreword, so that gives an idea what this book's about.