From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change.
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 been translated into twenty-two languages, and the best sellers The Common Good, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism, and Locked in the Cabinet. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, and he writes a weekly column for The Guardian and Newsweek. He is co-creator of the award-winning film Inequality for All, and the Netflix original Saving Capitalism, and co-founder of Inequality Media. He lives in Berkeley and blogs at robertreich.org.
"Reich has an almost unmatched ability to make insightful
observations about the nation’s inequities, and in The System, he
observes that the question is no longer Democrat versus Republican
or left versus right, but 'democracy versus oligarchy'. . .
Valuable. . . the anger [it] will generate may prove
politically energizing."—Jeff Madrick, The New York Times Book
Review
"Reich does a brilliant job succinctly reminding us of the scale
and scope of corporate corruption, economic inequality, and
political spinelessness in America."—William Hawes, New York
Journal of Books
"[The System] is ultimately an examination of the nature of power.
Such an examination easily dispels the demagogic narrative, pulling
back the curtain of wealth and power that currently obscures those
with both from careful examination of how they secured and
perpetuate such privilege. . . For decades, [the market] has been
serving fewer and fewer, and the only way to turn the tide back in
the favor of the many is for citizens to re-engage and raise our
voices."—Dylan Schleicher, Porchlight
"Incisive. . . [A] much-needed, readably concise political and
economic analysis."—Kirkus
"[Reich's] critique of the current system is evidence-based and
authoritative. This call-to-action will resonate with progressive
readers."—Publishers Weekly
"Robert Reich is one of our country’s most insightful commentators
on politics and economics. Both a diagnosis and a call to arms, The
System shows how our economy and our democracy are rigged to work
for the wealthy and well-connected. Change is possible - if we are
willing to fight for it."—Sen. Elizabeth Warren
"Robert Reich is one of the most important voices in America,
fighting for an economy that works for all people and not just
those at the top. Understanding what is happening in our country is
critical if we want to fix it and Robert Reich is an exceptional
teacher."—Sen. Bernie Sanders
“In this book Robert Reich exposes the con job of America’s present
manic hyper-capitalism. He exposes a ‘system’ that is defined less
by free markets than by elite capture. He shatters the myths about
rising tides and boats and slices of pie and whatever else those
hackneyed people say, propelled by the insight that while money may
not be a zero-sum situation, power is. And when America’s
plutocrats use money to capture power to make sure that they
monopolize future money, rage swells, human potential withers on
the vine, and the soul of the country changes.”—Anand Giridharadas,
author, Winners Take All
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