{"product_id":"rome-476-david-parker-essays-paperback","title":"Rome 476: David Parker Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLessons from History, Providing Profound \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInsight Into the Challenges of Our Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Essays Celebrating the Wisdom of the Past 2,500 Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Latest Writing from Educator\/Entrepreneur\/Musician David Parker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs widespread concern regarding the global COVID-19 pandemic has finally subsided, other challenges here and around the world still provoke anxiety - and undermine the sense of certainty that Americans wish for. Fortunately, a new book by San Francisco based author, educator and entrepreneur David Parker offers the reassuring message from a deeper understanding - namely, that our problems are not new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe very title of Parker's new collection of essays\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Rome 476\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(Waterside Productions - October 2023) is intended to inspire readers to return to a study of history. He awakens our short attention spans with powerful events in world history - for example, the fall of Western civilization in 476, when the Roman army refused to stop the invading Huns. Those soldiers stood by as Rome and its Colosseum were destroyed. Why? They hadn't been paid. Why? All tax revenue went to service interest on the debt. Sound familiar? In the opening pages of the book, Parker writes, \"Rome\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efell in 476, with it Western civilization, civil rights, scientific and technological progress. Followed by the Dark Ages. One Thousand years.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Parker argues that every year, America's elected representatives drift further from the principles upon which this nation's great democracy was founded. In several essays, he describes milestones in American history initially hailed as \"progress\" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Lyndon Johnson's \"Great Society\" - a failure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lifelong educator in San Francisco's Public Schools, David Parker went back to school to study history, economics, and government -- to gain a deeper understanding of the principles behind his economic success as an entrepreneur, plus, find solutions to society's seemingly intractable problems. \u003ci\u003eRome 476\u003c\/i\u003e is Parker's third collection of essays. It follows \u003ci\u003eIncome and Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the important ideas David Parker shares in \u003ci\u003eRome 476\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will learn: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is important for progressives to learn that \"\u003ci\u003eevery\u003c\/i\u003e economic system has problems ... [but] those problems are personal, thus, not solvable by government.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocietal problems are solved by human beings individually \"pursuing their self-interest to survive.\" Because, according to Adam Smith, everything then falls into place automatically, without design, as if led by an \"invisible hand.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Government intervention in any market destroys that market.\" In America, the declining quality of education and the exorbitant cost of health care are two good examples.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\"Government's duty is to \u003ci\u003eprotect\u003c\/i\u003e, not \u003ci\u003eprovide\u003c\/i\u003e life, liberty and property.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750717948192,"sku":"9781960583482","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6dd53ec751493069c4a35b7ceaf9d416.webp?v=1779956740","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rome-476-david-parker-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}