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 ...

Just giving

why philanthropy is failing democracy and how it can do better

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the ...

Saving capitalism

for the many, not the few

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, and the country faces its greatest wealth disparity in eighty years. Why is the economic system that made America strong ...

Supercapitalism

the transformation of business, democracy, and everday life

One of the nations most valued voices on politics, business, and the economy--the bestselling author of "Locked in the Cabinet" and "The Work of Nations"--discusses the clash between capitalism and democracy, in this timely, impassioned, and highly important book.

The power of public ideas

Edited by one of America's most respected political and economic thinkers, and containing essays by an impressive roster of experts, including Reich himself, this book offers a controversial, timely, and incisive analysis of the impact of the public interest on governmental policy making.