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Robert B. Reich
A powerful and grippingly readable intervention into the 2020 US presidential election campaign, The System argues that the USA has become an oligarchy, run by and for the benefit of…
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Originally published in hardcover in 2020 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Robert B Reich
If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist, former Secretary of Labor and bestselling author of Work of Nations Robert Reich agrees…
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One of America’s greatest economic and political thinkers explains how widening inequalities of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and the spreading effects of global warming are the logical outcomes…
If any book can change a nation’s thinking, it has to be this brilliant and perceptive work by one of the most tough-minded bearers of the torch of liberalism. For…
America’s economy and democracy are working for the benefit of an ever-fewer privileged and powerful people. But rather than just complain about it or give up on the system, we…
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When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Reich suggests another reason for the meltdown–the increasing concentration of wealth in the…
Offers an account of the author’s service as Secretary of Labor in the first Clinton administration, revealing the machinations of the president’s cabinet and the politicians who try to thwart…
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From Reich–passionate believer in American democracy, and public servant in both Democratic and Republican administrations–comes an urgent call to liberals to reclaim their political clout.
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Now a Netflix Original Documentary
America was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is rising…
Examines the socio-economic questions that will be plaguing the policy-makers of the future.
Edited and contributed to by one of America’s most respected political and economic thinkers, and containing essays by an impressive roster of experts, The Power of Public Ideas offers a…
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The Common Good by Robert B. Reich: Conversation Starters
Robert B. Reich has worked for three US Presidents and witnessed how cynicism and distrust toward American government, media, banks, corporations…
What should the civic purposes of education in a liberal and diverse society? Linking political theory with educational history and policy, Rob Reich offers provocative new answers to these questions.
What should the civic purposes of education in a liberal and diverse society be. Linking political theory with educational history and policy, Rob Reich offers provocative new answers to these…
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Includes notes, commentary, and an introduction by Robert Reich.
