Promoting Progress (E-book)

In the second book of his From Poverty to Progress series, Michael Magoon shifts from explaining the origins and causes of modern progress to how we can use that knowledge to promote present and future progress. Magoon argues that our current government policies are gradually undermining the foundations of progress.

In a decisive break from the ideological agendas of both the Left and the Right, Magoon argues that we need a new progress-based reform agenda focused on the following principles:

1. Promote long-term widely-shared economic growth.
2. Focus relentlessly on results.
3. Reform the political process to make all the above possible.

With innovative new thinking, Magoon shows us how we can:

• Reform the electoral system and legislative leadership to break the monopoly power of Democrats and Republicans
• Decentralize government by granting statehood to the largest metro areas and shifting domestic policy from the federal government
• Identify the most effective government policies with the widespread use of randomized controlled trials
• Create an abundant, affordable, and secure energy system with a blend of natural gas, hydroelectric and nuclear power and phase out Green energy subsidies and mandates
• Enable the private sector to build affordable housing by eliminating urban containment zones, excessive zoning, replacing property taxes with a land value tax, and founding Homestead cities on federal land
• Promote technological innovation with innovation prizes and venture capital
• Make college affordable by cutting non-educational spending
• Rebuild merit-based institutions by rolling back DEI and encouraging skills-based testing in the hiring process
• Overhaul college admissions by making them merit-based
• Implement a skills-based immigration policy to bring the most talented to the nation where those talents can best be put to use
• Create thriving export industries in developing nations
• Maintain the global trade system
• Increase agricultural productivity with a Second Green Revolution.
• Cut global carbon emissions by taxing coal, electrifying urban transportation, and drilling for shale gas worldwide.

Regardless of whether your political views are on the Left, the Right, or the Center, Magoon will challenge you to see the world differently.