Mac Baldrige

Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency at a time when Japan and Europe, fully recovered from wartime devastation, threatened America s position as the number one economy in the world. Manufacturing was in decline; traditional industries were being beaten by foreign competitors. Mac Baldrige, a successful businessman (and card-carrying member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) from Connecticut, became Secretary of Commerce charged with resolving this problem. This book recounts the abbreviated Washington career of an American original during the era Conservatives celebrate as morning in America. "