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The Common Good

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    About The Common Good

    Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership.

    Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

    About The Common Good

    Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership.

    Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

    About The Common Good

    Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership.

    Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

    About The Common Good

    Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership.

    Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

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    About Robert B. Reich

    ROBERT B. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has… More about Robert B. Reich

    About Robert B. Reich

    ROBERT B. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has… More about Robert B. Reich

    About Robert B. Reich

    ROBERT B. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has… More about Robert B. Reich

    About Robert B. Reich

    ROBERT B. REICH is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has… More about Robert B. Reich

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    Category: Philosophy | Business | Domestic Politics

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 15, 2019 | 208 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780525436379

    Category: Philosophy | Business | Domestic Politics

    Hardcover | $22.95
    Published by Knopf
    Feb 20, 2018 | 208 Pages | 4-3/8 x 7-1/4 | ISBN 9780525520498

    Category: Philosophy | Business | Domestic Politics

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 20, 2018 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9780525520504

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    Praise

    “Against the grain of much liberal thinking . . . Reich’s proposals would make a good starting point for a new progressive political project.” —Michael J. Sandel, The New York Times Book Review

    “Very timely . . . Reich’s work is an important call for reform that should appeal to a wide audience disaffected with the status quo.” —Library Journal (starred review)

    “Reich’s lucidly defining and empowering call for revitalized civic awareness—complete with an enticing list of recommended reading and discussion guide—is an ideal catalyst for book-group conversations.” —Booklist
     
    “Clear-voiced and accessible.” —Publishers Weekly

    “Brief but well-argued . . . a provocative essay.” —Kirkus

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