Right Here, Right Now (book)

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Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption
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Author Stephen J. Harper
LanguageEnglish
Subjectpolitics
Published2018 (Signal/Penguin Random House)
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages240
ISBN 978-0771038624

Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption is a 2018 non-fiction book by Stephen Harper. It draws on a decade of experience as prime minister of Canada intended to "help leaders in business and government understand, adapt, and thrive in an age of unprecedented disruption." [1]

Contents

Publication

Right Here, Right Now was released on 9 October 2018 by the Signal Books imprint of Penguin Random House Canada. [2]

Reception

Postmedia columnist Andrew Coyne panned the book, positing various flaws in Harper's portrayal of populism and economics. [3] Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey's positive review declared Right Here, Right Now to be the "must-read political book of the year". [4]

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References

  1. "Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption". Indigo Books & Music. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  2. Argitis, Theophilos (9 October 2018). "Trump Is a Wake-Up Call for Economic Dogmatists, Canada's Harper Says". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. Coyne, Andrew (10 October 2018). "Coyne: Stephen Harper comes across as banal in effort to claim mantle of populism". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. Furey, Anthony (9 October 2018). "Stephen Harper hits hard on carbon taxes, open borders and more in new book". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 12 October 2018.