Getting To Purple: Uniting An Ever More Polarized Red And Blue America

by Stephen R. Meyer

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• Format: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979745403
• ISBN13: 9780979745409
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Stewver Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Understanding Politics Today

Getting to Purple Stephen R. Meyer Numbers can be a pain. Often people will choose to simply ignore statistics whenever they're quoted as it becomes too much hassle to verify, analyze and critique. Sometimes the only answer to some statistics is more statistics. Soon people are throwing excel sheets and graphs at each other making discourse uninteresting. Sitting cross eyed trying to gather comprehension of someone else's data can be daunting. If only all number nerds were eloquent and persuasive with simple words. But just because something is hard or unpleasant doesn't mean it shouldn't be pursued. Today statistics are more important than ever; Ian Ayres calls it "the end of intuition" (From his excellent book "Super Crunchers"). Argumentation will become second to data collation in this future dystopia of numbers. "Getting to Purple" is the book, the importance of home-ownership the topic. Numbers are involved. Mr. Meyer hasn't produced a sleeper, readers should be thankful he's a decent wordsmith. This book isn't about stats; it's about deeper issues involving the rule of law, prosperity and freedom. After hearing an economist discuss the role of homeownership and property rights on the third world, Meyer went off to see if homeownership meant anything in the first world, particularly, what homeownership meant to Americans. The answer is home ownership has surprising correlations to everything from crime to voting patterns. Mr. Meyer's statistical method isn't perfect, which he admits. Correlation doesn't prove causation and this is the general weakness of the entire book. However, the numbers are still quite persuasive and having an understanding of the importance of home ownership in the United States will be important for lawmakers and pundits alike.