* Celebrates Our Greatest President’s Forgotten Successes: Rescues the enduring historical significance of Lincoln’s economic plan, which laid the groundwork for national banking and transportation systems, a fair personal income tax, and low-cost public higher education (land-grant colleges).
* More Than a Wartime President: Lincoln’s wartime achievements are well-known, but this book shows how Northern States prospered after 1862 because of the president’s many lesser-known economic and governmental wins.
* Our Sixteenth President, Early Economic Equalist: Examines speeches (like a lost speech before his 1860 nomination); writings (like a letter with a surprising connection to modern infection control); eye for infrastructure (a sketch of a town he surveyed and planned, but never built); and early legislative work that reveal Lincoln’s devotion to equality in all forms everywhere.
* Lincoln the Luminary: Background on how Abe impacted both Roosevelt presidents, activist Jane Addams, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, President Barack Obama, and other luminaries further proves Lincoln’s lasting impact. His Spiritual Economics still compels us to provide inclusive economic opportunities.
* Sole President to Hold a Patent for One of His Inventions: Innovator in Chief Lincoln greenlighted national research and development, plus improvements in invention and modern infrastructure-which Congress had been considering for years before he took office … and is still eyeing in today’s recession, another timely tie to current events.
* Experienced, Mediagenic Author: Wasik has guested on CNN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, PBS, and radio stations worldwide. His columns, blogs, and articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, Forbes, and Bloomberg News.
* How Lincoln’s Economic Thinking Informs COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter Movement: Exciting new research and insights on Lincoln’s economic strategy, drawing stunning relevance to these pressing times. The Afterword specifically addresses the failure of infrastructure during the pandemic.
