The Beholden State

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<span><span><span>California is at a tipping point. Severe budget deficits, unsustainable pension costs, heavy taxes, cumbersome regulation, struggling cities, and distressed public schools are but a few of the challenges that policymakers must address for the state to remain a beacon of business innovation and economic opportunity.</span><span>City Journal</span><span> has for years been cataloging the political and economic issues of our nation's largest metropolitan areas, and in this collection compiled and introduced by</span><span>City Journal</span><span> editor Brian C. Anderson, the cracks in California's flawed policy plans are displayed in detail, and analyzed by a diverse set of experts in the state's design.<br><br>While there is plenty of literature on Californias history, topography, and attractions,</span><span>The Beholden State: California's Lost Promise and How to Recapture It</span><span> is the first book examining in rigorous detail how a place seen just a generation ago as the dynamic engine of the American future could, through bad policy ideas, find itself with among the highest unemployment rates and poorest educational outcomes in the country. The book is as thoroughly analytical as it is pragmatically proscriptive, complete with policy solutions mapping the way forward for a struggling state.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></span></span>

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<span><span><span>Brian C. Anderson</span><span> is the editor of</span><span>City Journal</span><span>, the cultural and political quarterly published by the Manhattan Institute, where he writes extensively on social and political trends. Formerly, he served as senior editor of</span><span>City Journal</span><span> and as a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute.<br></span></span><br><span></span></span>

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