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The common good / Robert B. Reich

By:

Reich, Robert B

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf , 2018Description: 193 p. : illus. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780525520498

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DDC classification:

323.6 REI

LOC classification:

PS3613.A524 L58 2012

Contents:

Summary: Clear-eyed manifesto for re-centering our economics and politics on the idea of the common good. Robert B. Reich demonstrates that a common good not only exists but in fact constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. We must weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership. A fundamental statement about the purpose of society and a cri de coeur to save American soul.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	323.6 REI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021871

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Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Clear-eyed manifesto for re-centering our economics and politics on the idea of the common good. Robert B. Reich demonstrates that a common good not only exists but in fact constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. We must weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership. A fundamental statement about the purpose of society and a cri de coeur to save American soul.

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