Download or read book Hard Heads, Soft Hearts written by Alan S. Blinder and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1988-01-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-headed liberal economist, Alan Blinder clearly shows how economic policy is made in America and how good policies often make bad politics. He discusses liberal-conservative divisiveness and shows how it often prevents sound economic advice from being heeded. Blinder offers his own nonpartisan vision for the future of our economic society and challenges law-makers—Democrats and Republicans—to do better.