Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future - Hardcover

Granholm; Mulhern

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586489976 ISBN 13: 9781586489977

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2011

Synopsis

Jennifer Granholm was the two-term governor of Michigan, a state synonymous with manufacturing during a financial crisis that threatened to put all America's major car companies into bankruptcy. The immediate and knock-on effects were catastrophic. Granholm's grand plans for education reform, economic revitalization, clean energy, and infrastructure development were blitzed by a perfect economic storm. Granholm was a determined and undefeated governor, who enjoyed close access to the White House at critical moments (Granholm stood in for Sarah Palin during Joe Biden's debate preparation), and her account offers a front row seat on the effects of the crisis. Ultimately, her story is a model of hope. She hauls Michigan towards unprecedented private-public partnerships, forged in the chaos of financial freefall, built on new technologies that promise to revolutionize not only the century-old auto industry but Michigan's entire manufacturing base. They offer the potential for a remarkable recovery not just for her state, but for American industry nationwide.

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Review:

"Governor Jennifer Granholm faced extraordinary challenges with grace, intelligence, and tenacity. In a weak economy, no state was hit harder than hers. She embraced the challenge of rebuilding Michigan's economy for the 21st Century with new ideas, new jobs, and new businesses. In 2011, Michigan had the largest drop in unemployment in the U.S., thanks in large measure to her tireless effort. "A Governor's Story: The Fight for Jobs and America's Economic Future" is a remarkable narrative. Everyone who wants to revive the American economy and restore the American dream should read it." --President Bill Clinton

"Jennifer Granholm spent eight years fighting for Michigan, and now the rest of the nation can benefit from the hard lessons she and her team learned as they positioned Michigan for recovery. "A Governor's Story" offers a dramatic inside political story and an urgent call to recognize that our industry is competing not just with foreign companies but with the governments supporting them. It also offers a candid and moving personal story of a governor who is forced to devote her 'all' to turn around her state's seemingly unyielding bad economy, with the resulting family pressures she faced as a loving wife and mother." --U.S. Senator Carl Levin

"During her tenure as governor, Jennifer Granholm had to grapple with unprecedented economic crises that foreshadowed what other leaders around the world would eventually experience. "A Governor's Story "is one leader's recounting of what it's like and what it takes to lead in the crucible of challenge and change. It is an engagingly personal, absolutely riveting, and completely honest story. As you walk in Jennifer Granholm's shoes through the pages of this gripping narrative, you understand more fully the resilience, optimism, and grit it takes to lead in challenging times. Every executive, every politician, every student of leadership, and every citizen needs to read this book. There is hope here. "A Governor'

Book Description:

In this Washington Post and Heartland Indie bestseller, the former two-term governor of Michigan-a state at the epicentre of the economic storms devastating middle-class lives throughout the US-offers a candid portrait of her tenure and the lessons learned, and points the way toward a new future.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1586489976
• ISBN 13: 9781586489977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320