{"product_id":"the-cognoscenti-the-ruling-political-class-who-thinks-it-knows-better-than-everyone-else-paperback","title":"The Cognoscenti: The ruling political class who thinks it knows better than everyone else - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Joseph Higby Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the problem? Mark Levin explains: \"More and more decisions are made by masterminds and their experts, (politicians, judges and bureaucrats), who substitute their self-serving and dogmatic judgments ... for the individual's self-interests and best interests\" (Ameritopia, 2012). The Cognoscenti are the ruling political class (the masterminds and experts) who think they know better than everyone else. They must be voted out and replaced with constitutional conservatives. If not, the alternative is a path to an inevitable serfdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald Higby, a native of San Francisco, was educated at Berkeley and has a graduate degree in public administration from the U. of Washington. After spending a career in local government in California, he retired as a Deputy City Manager. He lives with his wife Mary Jane in Huntington Beach, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732189737267,"sku":"9781470191016","price":20.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dWVFcjNPQTdEb29yOU4xazJBeUpaQT09.webp?v=1763881357","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-cognoscenti-the-ruling-political-class-who-thinks-it-knows-better-than-everyone-else-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}