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Reich, Robert B.
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Common good.
Citizenship -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Political ethics -- United States.
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Reich, Robert B.
Common good.
Citizenship -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Political ethics -- United States.
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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The common good / Robert B. Reich.
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Reich, Robert B.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Call #:
323
.65
R347c
Subjects
Common good.
Citizenship -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Political ethics -- United States.
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
9780525520498 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition
Description:
viii, 193 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes discussion guide (pages 191-193)
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189)
Contents:
Part I. What is the common good? -- Shkreli -- What good do we have in common? -- The origins of the common good -- Part II. What happened to the common good? -- Exploitation -- Three structural breakdowns -- The decline of the good in common -- Part III. Can the common good be restored? -- Leadership as trusteeship -- Honor and shame -- Resurrecting truth -- Civic education for all
Summary:
From the author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics. With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices, Robert B. Reich makes the case for a generous, inclusive understanding of the American project, centering on the moral obligations of citizenship. Rooting his argument in everyday reality and common sense, Reich demonstrates the existence of a common good, and argues that it is this that defines a society or a nation. Societies and nations undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce and build the common good, as well as vicious cycles that undermine it. Over the course of the past five decades, Reich contends, America has been in a slowly accelerating vicious cycle - -one that can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh what really matters, and how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership. This is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers: a fundamental statement about the purpose of society and a cri de coeur to save America's soul. Robert B. Reich is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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