The common good / Robert B. Reich

By:

Reich, Robert B. (Robert Bernard), 1946-

Language: English Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 2019.Edition: First Vintage books editionDescription: viii, 193 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780525436379
0525436375

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

323.6/50973

LOC classification:

JC 330.15 R347c 2019

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: 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.

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Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
Includes discussion guide (pages 191-193)

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

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.

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