David M. Anderson is Senior Vice President, State Relations, at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.  He has taught at The George Washington University, the University of Cincinnati, and Johns Hopkins University.

• Part One: A Leverage Framework.- Introduction.- Part Two: Leverage and the Economy.- The Evolution of Real Estate Leverage.-  The "Overleveraged" Crisis of 2008 from the Standpoint of Keynes's Monetary Theory of Capitalism.- China Leveraged the West to Grow Its Economy and Its Comprehensive National Power.- Part Three: Leverage and Politics: Domestic, State, and International.-  The Morality of Leverage and the Leverage of Morality.- Leveraging Public Judgment.- Leverage in a Labor Management Relationship: Maximizing the Use of Leverage by Finding a Constructive Leverage Mean.- Leverage and the Regulatory Process.- The Advantages and Pitfalls of Leveraging Hunitarian Development and Diplomacy Towards National Security.- Part Four: Leverage and Social Relations.- Leveraging in Modern and Contemporary Families.- From the Leverage Ethic and Leverage Mean to a National Paid Parental Leave Policy.- Part Five: Next Steps.- Next Steps.

“This book has introduced the leverage mean concept and developed a leverage framework to analyse a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. … The book is quite philosophical and could be an eye-opener for many academics. The approach is innovative and results are appealing and interesting. It is very useful in motivating us to think about many social or political issues from a new angle for a better and deeper understanding.” (Steven Li, Economic Record, Vol. 92 (296), March, 2016)