Erica Grieder
Erica
Grieder is a senior editor at Texas
Monthly, based in Austin. From 2007 to 2012, she was the southwest
correspondent for the Economist. Her
work has also appeared in the New York
Times, the New York Sun, the Spectator (UK), and More Intelligent Life.
All Books By Erica Grieder
Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right
- By: Erica Grieder
- Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.5(260 ratings)
Texas may well be America’s most controversial state. Evangelicals dominate the halls of power, millions of its people live in poverty, and its death row is the busiest in the country. Skeptical outsiders have found much to be offended by in the state’s politics and attitude, and yet, according to journalist, and Texan, Erica Grieder, the United States has a great deal to learn from Texas.
In Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right, Grieder traces the political history of a state that was always larger than life. From its rowdy beginnings, Texas has combined a long-standing suspicion of government intrusion with a passion for business. Looking to the present, Grieder assesses the unique mix of policies on issues like immigration, debt, taxes, regulation, and energy, which together have sparked a bona fide Texas miracle of job growth. While acknowledging that it still has plenty of twenty-first century problems to face, she finds in Texas a model of governance whose power has been drastically underestimated. Her book is a fascinating exploration of America’s underrated powerhouse.
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