An American Renaissance: A Strategy for the 1980s

Nonfiction work

By: Jack F. Kemp

Date: 1979

Source: Kemp, Jack F. An American Renaissance: A Strategy for the 1980s. New York: Harper & Row, 1979, 1–3, 5–7, 7–8, 9, 10, 10–11.

About the Author: Jack French Kemp (1935–), a California native, played professional football as a quarterback for the San Diego Chargers and the Buffalo Bills before entering politics. Kemp was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970 as a Republican from Buffalo, New York. An unsuccessful aspirant for the 1988 G.O.P. presidential nomination, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush (served 1989–1993) as his secretary of Housing and Urban Development. In 1996, Kemp ran on the unsuccessful Republican national ticket as Robert Dole's vice presidential running mate.

Introduction

Between 1947 to 1973, U.S. annual productivity and growth rates rose to...

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