SupercapitalismFrom one of America's foremost economic and political thinkers comes a vital analysis of our new hypercompetitive and turbo-charged global economy and the effect it is having on American democracy. With his customary wit and insight, Reich shows how widening inequality of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and corporate corruption are merely the logical results of a system in which politicians are more beholden to the influence of business lobbyists than to the voters who elected them. Powerful and thought-provoking, Supercapitalism argues that a clear separation of politics and capitalism will foster an enviroment in which both business and government thrive, by putting capitalism in the service of democracy, and not the other way around. |
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... millions of consumers to get great deals from suppliers. Investor power became aggregated and enlarged by large pension funds and mutual funds, which pushed companies to generate higher returns. As a result, consumers and investors had ...
... millions of consumers to get great deals from suppliers. Investor power became aggregated and enlarged by large pension funds and mutual funds, which pushed companies to generate higher returns. As a result, consumers and investors had ...
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... million came; in the 1890s, another 4 million. By the first decade of the twentieth century, the flow of immigrants, most of them destitute when they arrived, rose to a million a year. According to a 1908 government study, almost ...
... million came; in the 1890s, another 4 million. By the first decade of the twentieth century, the flow of immigrants, most of them destitute when they arrived, rose to a million a year. According to a 1908 government study, almost ...
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... million people subscribed to its newspaper. In 1914, the biggest socialist stronghold was Oklahoma, with 12,000 duespaying members and over 100 socialists in elected offices. The movement died, however—socialism's aims seemed too vague ...
... million people subscribed to its newspaper. In 1914, the biggest socialist stronghold was Oklahoma, with 12,000 duespaying members and over 100 socialists in elected offices. The movement died, however—socialism's aims seemed too vague ...
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... nation out of the Depression and pushed companies to what before had seemed unimaginable feats of production. Now, at war's end, as government spending dropped, consumer spending kicked in. Millions of returning GIs swarmed back to set.
... nation out of the Depression and pushed companies to what before had seemed unimaginable feats of production. Now, at war's end, as government spending dropped, consumer spending kicked in. Millions of returning GIs swarmed back to set.
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Robert B. Reich. kicked in. Millions of returning GIs swarmed back to set up families, get additional education (paid ... million in 1957. William J. Levitt bought hundreds of acres of Long Island potato fields and constructed a thousand ...
Robert B. Reich. kicked in. Millions of returning GIs swarmed back to set up families, get additional education (paid ... million in 1957. William J. Levitt bought hundreds of acres of Long Island potato fields and constructed a thousand ...
Contents
Cover | |
Title Page | |
The Not Quite Golden | |
The Road to Supercapitalism | |
A Citizens Guide to Supercapitalism | |
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Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life Robert B. Reich No preview available - 2008 |
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life Robert B. Reich No preview available - 2007 |
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