Carte blanche for chaos

By Lillian R. Boehme

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• Format: Unbound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870000713
• ISBN13: 9780870000713
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Arlington House
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Prescient political analysis

Thirty years plus and it's as new as today's headlines--CARTE BLANCHE FOR CHAOS is a passionate plea for reason in matters of economics and race. A "critical look" at the almost-forgotten Kerner Report on the urban riots of the late 60's, inspiration for most of today's affirmative action legislation. Boehme's basic message is "It won't work because it's wrong; it's wrong because it won't work." Neither African Americans, other minorities, or white Americans will get the benefits they are seeking. Boehme's point--sharply humorous--is that "two nations, one black, one white" is what the courses recommended at the time and implemented since will produce, not alleviate. Called "funnier than Erma Bombeck" by a contemporary reviewer, Boehme, an early libertarian whose ideas were ahead of her time, merits a retroactive look. Written with acerbic wit with style unusual in politicoeconomic analysis. Chapter titles like The Disqualifying Adjective: "Black" Capitalism keep the prose moving.