The Drift
Stopping America's Slide to Socialism
Kevin A. Hassett
- Kevin
- Hassett
- wasn’t
- always
- a
- Trump
- supporter.
- Before
- his
- surprising
- appointment
- as
- the
- top
- White
- House
- economist,
- he
- took
- a
- dim
- view
- of
- the
- populist
- agenda
- and
- mercurial
- temperament
- of
- the
- man
- who
- had
- won
- control
- of
- the
- Republican
- Party.
- But
- experience
- would
- soon
- change
- his
- mind.As
- chairman
- of
- the
- President’s
- Council
- of
- Economic
- Advisers,
- Hassett
- helped
- Donald
- Trump
- bring
- about
- a
- golden
- age
- of
- prosperity,
- in
- which
- Americans
- who
- had
- been
- left
- behind
- by
- decades
- of
- failed
- policy
- were
- given
- the
- opportunity
- to
- succeed.
- The
- miracle
- lasted
- three
- years,
- until
- a
- virus
- from
- China
- killed
- it.Trump
- proved
- that
- a
- mix
- of
- free-market
- principles
- and
- enlightened
- nationalism
- could
- revive
- the
- American
- economic
- dynamo.
- Guided
- by
- an
- unlikely
- team
- of
- brilliant
- advisers
- and
- driven
- by
- his
- own
- force
- of
- will,
- he
- recognized
- that
- Washington
- bureaucrats
- had
- undermined
- the
- American
- dream
- by
- inserting
- themselves
- into
- every
- aspect
- of
- the
- economy.
- These
- “experts”
- were
- leading
- us
- down
- the
- path
- to
- socialism,
- and
- Trump
- fought
- like
- mad
- to
- turn
- things
- around.Enjoying
- not
- only
- direct
- access
- to
- the
- president
- but
- also
- his
- trust
- and
- respect,
- Hassett
- was
- involved
- in
- almost
- every
- important
- policy
- debate.
- After
- two
- exhausting
- but
- successful
- years,
- he
- stepped
- down
- from
- the
- CEA
- and
- returned
- to
- private
- life—only
- to
- return
- as
- a
- special
- adviser
- on
- pandemic
- policy
- in
- 2020.The
- Drift
- offers
- a
- unique
- perspective
- on
- a
- pivotal
- presidency.
- Unconnected
- and
- unbeholden
- to
- Donald
- Trump,
- Kevin
- Hassett
- came
- to
- the
- administration
- with
- a
- critical
- eye.
- But
- working
- with
- Trump
- the
- president
- convinced
- him
- that
- this
- flawed
- leader
- might
- be
- the
- only
- man
- who
- could
- halt
- the
- drift
- toward
- a
- statist
- and
- moribund
- economy.
- Filled
- with
- urgent
- lessons,
- this
- book
- is
- essential
- reading
- as
- the
- drift resumes.
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