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The #1 Bestseller Required reading. . . . Shows how our economic crisis was a failure, not of the free market, but of government.

Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, Inc. is a sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the causes and solutions to Americas financial meltdown.

Ed Crane, President Emeritus of the Cato Institute An indispensable contribution to the debate about the future of the American economy.

Arthur Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute No one is better equipped to understand what is going on today and the causes of the financial crisis. Please pay attention to what he says here.

Bernie Marcus, Chairman, The Marcus Foundation, and cofounder, Home Depot Allison explains the unintended consequences of government policies and their impact on the financial crisis . . . and recommends practical steps to improve the economy and individual liberty.

James M. Kilts, former Chairman and CEO, Gillette Company [This is] the best, deepest explanation of what caused the crisis and the consequences of our governments response to it.

Yaron Brook, President and Executive Director, Ayn Rand Institute John Allison is superb with his comprehensive and thought-provoking explanation for our current economic crisis and a clear and compelling path to a brighter future.

Steve Reinemund, Dean, Wake Forest University Schools of Business, and retired Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo [John Allison] assembles evidence that shows that our financial crisis, followed by the Great Recession, was caused by Congress, the Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae, and was helped along by the Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama White Houses.

Walter E. Williams, syndicated coumnist Did Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the entire financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? Not only is free market capitalism good for the economy, says industry expert John Allison, it is our only hope for recovery. As the nations longest-serving CEO of a top-25 financial institution, Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis. He has seen the direct effect of government incentives on the real estate market. He has seen how government regulations only make matters worse. And now, in this controversial wake-up call of a book, he has given us a solution. The national bestselling reveals: With shrewd insight, alarming insider details, and practical advice for todays leaders, this electrifying analysis is nothing less than a call to arms for a nation on the brink. Youll learn how government incentives helped blow up the real estate bubble to unsustainable proportions, how financial tools such as derivatives have been wrongly blamed for the crash, and how Congress fails to understand it should not try to control the marketand then completely mismanages it when it tries. In the end, youll understand why its so important to put free back in free market. Its time for America to accept the truth: the government cant fix the economy because the government wrecked the economy. This book gives us the tools, the inspirationand the cure.