Summary of Andrew Yang’s Forward

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Book Preview:Democracy has been hanging by a thread for a while, and is close to collapsing, so what can be done about it? Andrew Yang stitched together Forward  from all the lessons he learned in his political journey in hopes of inspiring deep political thought in readers. Yang ran for president and continued his political activism after dropping out of the race. He believes that his efforts have helped to incite change and implement bold ideas, which he explains in detail. Many Americans have a sense that the American system is failing, and so does Yang, which is why he argues that immediate change is necessary, and it cannot be done without national support.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669345374

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Summary of Andrew Yang’s Forward

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Democracy has been hanging by a thread for a while, and is close to collapsing, so what can be done about it? Andrew Yang stitched together Forward  from all the lessons he learned in his political journey in hopes of inspiring deep political thought in readers. Yang ran for president and continued his political activism after dropping out of the race. He believes that his efforts have helped to incite change and implement bold ideas, which he explains in detail. Many Americans have a sense that the American system is failing, and so does Yang, which is why he argues that immediate change is necessary, and it cannot be done without national support.

Who Is Andrew Yang?

Andrew Yang was born in 1975 to two Taiwanese immigrants working in scientific fields. He struggled to fit in at school, then got into Brown University. After a couple of  failed jobs, he was offered a job as a CEO  and became a millionaire at thirty-four. He founded the nonprofit Venture for America  to support young entrepreneurs, but the plummeting economy  made him realize that America was in deep trouble.

In February 2018, Yang declared his run for the presidency which unsurprisingly went unnoticed. After Donald Trump’s election in 2016, and after meeting several important political figures, Yang believed that no significant changes were likely to happen, and that automation was stripping away millions of jobs. He had discovered the concept of universal basic income a couple years back, and wanted to fight for its implementation.

In an email to his friends and contacts, Yang announced his candidacy and explained his ideas, outlining u niversal basic income,  the transition to the next stage of capitalism, and single-payer healthcare. His campaign was named YANG2020, and after several polls, universal basic income was renamed the freedom dividend, and the campaign’s tagline ended up being "Humanity First ."

On July 31, 2019, the second presidential debate of