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Author:

Reich, Robert B.

Title:

Saving capitalism : for the many, not the few / Robert B. Reich.

Edition:

1st United States edition.

Publisher:

Random House Inc

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

240 p. ;

Subject:

Capitalism--United States.
Democracy--Economic aspects--United States.
Income distribution--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The prevailing view -- The five building blocks of capitalism -- Freedom and power -- The new property -- The new monopoly -- The new contracts -- The new bankruptcy -- The enforcement mechanism -- Summary : the market mechanism as a whole -- The meritocratic myth -- The hidden mechanism of ceo pay -- The subterfuge of Wall Street pay -- The declining bargaining power of the middle -- The rise of the working poor -- The rise of the non-working rich -- Reprise -- The threat to capitalism -- The decline ofcountervailing power -- Restoring countervailing power -- Ending upward distribution -- Reinventing the corporation -- When robots take over -- The citizen's bequest -- New rules.

Summary:

Outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity.

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ISBN:

0385350570 : HRD
9780385350570 : HRD

LCCN:

2015001873

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