Join us for the book launch of Community First Economics: A Guide for Renewal in the Granite State by gubernatorial candidate, Jon Kiper!
In Community First Economics, former New Hampshire small-business owner and gubernatorial candidate Jon Kiper presents a bold alternative to forty years of trickle-down economics. Drawing on his experience running a Main Street restaurant, serving in local government, and struggling to afford housing in the community he loves, Kiper exposes how today's economy threatens stability, family life, and democracy itself. With practical insights and real-world solutions, he shows how communities can reclaim control over their economic future by strengthening local businesses, making housing affordable, and putting people before corporate profits. This book is a roadmap for building an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few.
Jon Kiper is a current candidate for Governor in New Hampshire. For the past decade, Jon’s been the owner and operator of Jonny Boston’s International, a popular Newmarket restaurant. Lately, though, prices for everything have been going up, and Jon was forced to choose between continuing to raise prices on the hardworking members of his community, or stepping up to the plate and doing something about it. Jon’s top priorities all revolve around two core values: Granite Staters deserve to be able to live an affordable, happy, and healthy life, and that our democracy must properly represent and respond to the people’s problems. Jon understands that it’s not left versus right, it’s the wealthy elites versus the working-class, because he doesn’t just understand working-class struggles, he LIVES them.