Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future - Softcover

Reich, Robert B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307476332 ISBN 13: 9780307476333

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2011

Synopsis

Updated for paperback publication, Aftershock is a brilliant reading of the causes of our current economic crisis, with a plan for dealing with its challenging aftermath.

When the nation’s economy foundered in 2008, blame was directed almost universally at Wall Street bankers. But Robert B. Reich, one of our most experienced and trusted voices on public policy, suggests another reason for the meltdown. Our real problem, he argues, lies in the increasing concentration of wealth in the hands of the richest Americans, while stagnant wages and rising costs have forced the middle class to go deep into debt. Reich’s thoughtful and detailed account of where we are headed over the next decades—and how we can fix our economic system—is a practical, humane, and much-needed blueprint for restoring America’s economy and rebuilding our society.

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Review

Praise for Robert B. Reich's "Inequality for All
"
"Important and well executed. . . . Reich is fluent, fearless, even amusing."
--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Reich provides a thoughtful dialogue about the structural problems that led to the recent recession. . . . His ideas are worth exploring."
--"The Washington Post"
"[Reich] suggests a number of innovative ways to reverse the trend toward greater inequality and usher in another, more hopeful phase in American history."
--"The Charlotte Observer"
"One of the clearest explanations to date of . . . how the United States went from . . . 'the Great Prosperity' of 1947 to 1975 to the Great Recession."
--Bob Herbert, "The New York Times"
"All Americans will benefit from reading this insightful, timely book."
--Bill Bradley
"Lucid and cogent."
--"Kirkus Reviews"
" "
"Well argued and frighteningly plausible: without a return to the 'basic bargain' (that workers are also consumers), the 'aftershock' of the Great Recession includes a long-term high unemployment and a political backlash--a crisis, he notes with a sort of grim optimism, that just might be painful enough to encourage necessary structural reforms."
--"Publishers Weekly"

Praise for Robert B. Reich's Inequality for All

Important and well executed. . . . Reich is fluent, fearless, even amusing.
The New York Times Book Review
Reich provides a thoughtful dialogue about the structural problems that led to the recent recession. . . . His ideas are worth exploring.
The Washington Post
[Reich] suggests a number of innovative ways to reverse the trend toward greater inequality and usher in another, more hopeful phase in American history.
The Charlotte Observer
One of the clearest explanations to date of . . . how the United States went from . . . the Great Prosperity of 1947 to 1975 to the Great Recession.
Bob Herbert, The New York Times
All Americans will benefit from reading this insightful, timely book.
Bill Bradley
Lucid and cogent.
Kirkus Reviews

Well argued and frighteningly plausible: without a return to the 'basic bargain' (that workers are also consumers), the 'aftershock' of the Great Recession includes a long-term high unemployment and a political backlash a crisis, he notes with a sort of grim optimism, that just might be painful enough to encourage necessary structural reforms.
Publishers Weekly"

About the Author

Robert B. Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written twelve books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into twenty-two languages, and the best seller Supercapitalism. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He is also cofounding editor of The American Prospect magazine and provides weekly commentaries on public radio’s Marketplace. He lives in Berkeley and blogs at www.robertreich.org.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0307476332
• ISBN 13: 9780307476333
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174