Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.83 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345806220 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Laying to rest the specious dichotomy between a free market and “big government,” Reich shows that the truly critical choice ahead is between a market organized for broad-based prosperity and one designed to deliver ever more gains to the top. Visionary and acute, Saving Capitalism illuminates the path toward restoring America’s fundamental promise of opportunity and advancement.. Reich presents a paradigm-shifting, clear-eyed examination of a political and economic status quo that no longer serves the people, exposing one of the most pernicious obstructions to progress today: the enduring myth of the “free market” when, behind the curtain, it is the powerful alliances between Washington and Wall Street that control the invisible hand
"Please read" according to Dienne. I have been recommending this book far and wide to anyone and everyone who will listen. Not necessarily because I agree with everything in the book, but because of Reich’s simple, laymen explanation of the building blocks of the “free” market – property, monopoly, contract, bankruptcy and enforcement – and how those elements are, in fact, determined by the government. As Reich himself says repeatedly throughout the book, it’s not a conflict between “government” on one hand and the “free market” on t. "Reich is always worth reading, even if you don't agree with his prescriptions." according to Narut Ujnat. I have read a few books by Robert Reich and generally enjoyed them. His book "Locked in the Cabinet" is probably one of the greatest expositions on serving as a secretary (in his case in Secretary of Labor during the first Clinton term) and dealing with a government bureaucracy as exists. Moreover, his book The Work of Nations was also a very interesting book about how the economy was changing on the 1990's. And, a lot of his descriptions have turned out to be accurate. Of course, I also read a book he wrote on the 1980's about how Japan was going to rule th. "Cogent and compelling" according to Mal Warwick. If you’ve ever been exposed to Robert Reich’s “Wealth and Poverty” course at UC Berkeley, perhaps through the film Inequality for All, or heard him speak in public, you know that there are few people alive today who are his equal in the ability to explain complex economic and social issues so cogently and compellingly. And few indeed are as funny as he is, either: the man could make a go of a career with a standup act.capitalismHowever, there’s not a lot of humor in Saving Capitalism, Reich’s fifteenth book. In this brilli
He is also chair of the national governing board of Common Cause. Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and senior fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New
Everyone concerned with our economic future will need to grapple with Reich’s arguments in 2016 and beyond.” —Lawrence H. Wholesale reform is needed—far beyond the usual prescriptions of raising the minimum wage and spending more money on education.” —Joseph Stiglitz“Robert Reich sets the terms for new and more productive debates by rediscovering the political roots of the economic arrangements we too often take for granted. Praise for Robert B. He explains our rising inequality and our poor economic performance. Reich’s overriding message is that we don’t have to put up with things as they are. Reich is calmly articulate, not alarmist; yet a sense of urgency pulses through his unambiguous prose.” —The Argonaut (Los Angeles)“Audacious. Offers a pragmatic reform-filled path forward. Reich provides an original and compelling analysis of how