Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Vintage) - Softcover

Reich, Robert B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307277992 ISBN 13: 9780307277992

Publisher: Vintage, 2008

Synopsis

From 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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Product Description:

Supercapitalism One of America's greatest economic and political thinkers explains how widening inequalities of income and wealth, heightened job insecurity, and the spreading effects of global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism.

Review:

"Reich documents in lurid detail the explosive growth of coporate lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions since the 1970s. . . . Supercapitalism is a grand debunking of the conventional wisdom in the style of John Kenneth Galbraith." --The New York Times"Reich turns the standard liberal critique of corporations on its head."--Forbes"A thoughtful and heartfelt critique of the ruthless, hell-bent-for-profit brand of capitalism that has been in vogue under Democrats and Republicans alike since roughly the end of the cold war."--Portfolio"Supercapitalism describes important and sweeping economic changes. . . . Reich has a talent for making economics accessible and sometimes even fun."--The Los Angeles Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0307277992
• ISBN 13: 9780307277992
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288