The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan and the Remaking of America - Political History Book for Understanding US Economic Recovery Policies" （注：原标题为政治书籍名称，已优化SEO关键词并添加使用场景说明）

This book advocates progressive socialism with the hope of an Obama remake of America. Each chapter starts with an example of Obama rhetoric on the subject matter. Planning and results are measured in terms of dollars spent. The author fails in his attempt to connect promise with performance, leaving his readers with only wishful thinking.Wasik suggests that Obama's egalitarian motives have morphed into something more socially beneficial. Nothing in the book justifies that point of view. The present crisis, along with Congressional support and Obama's popularity provides him with a glorious opportunity to remake America, the goal expressed in the subtitle. Florid style as "strolling into the American Dream" and when ghosts of FDR and TR paid Obama a visit, exposes the book as politicking; a pretense at an economics text.Wasik cites 4 million jobs lost between 2000 and 2009, apparently unaware of the trend from about 1965. In spite of decrying big corporations, he makes a number of recommendation on investments that will take advantage of government largess. To be fair he does derogate TARPII along with referencing Robert Samuelson on the subject of waste. Obama promises to cut the budget deficit in half while spending money on good things such as education, infrastructure and social entitlements such as health care and unemployment benefits extension.In a regression into the history of progressivism, Robert Lafollette is said to be a reaction to the pro-business administration of Wm. McKinley. Strange, because the first Progressive, Teddy Roosevelt ran on the same ticket as McKinley. Wasik is apparently blind to the reactions to progressive socialism in Italy (1927) and Germany (1933). There are two references to Obama's Challenge (2007) by Robert Kuttner. That book is a much more thoughtful analysis of the progressive ideology.The book presents a good list of issues in spite of being mute on promises of bipartisanship, transparency and exit plans for the two wars. Continuation of Bush policies is also not mentioned. The back cover bills the book as: 'The promises. The plan. The results.' The book can be summarized as wonderful promises, vague plans and terrible results.