The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st-Century Capitalism

Reich, Robert B.

ISBN 10: 0394583523 / ISBN 13: 9780394583525

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991

About this Item

First edition, stated. Signed by the author on the front endpaper: "Robert B. Reich." The book is square and unmarked; one corner and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is price-clipped; some sun-fading to the spine; a half-inch closed tear to the top of the front flap; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 005122

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for...

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

A study of the future of capitalism examines the need for a new approach to solving the problems of unskilled workers, a system that emphasizes education, training, infrastructure, pre- and post-natal care, and public investment

Review:

"Original and important... Robert B. Reich offers a fresh analysis of America's present economic and social prospects."- The New York Times

"The World of Nations will be--and should be--widely read and debated."- Wall Street Journal

"Robert Reich is one of the country's most innovative and interesting political economists.... Very few readers will walk away [from this book] without learning to think about the world in a new and clearer way."- Los Angeles Times

"A rarity...a work of economic theory that a layman can read with pleasure and intellectual profit."- The New Yorker

"Reich covers a remarkable range of material with facility and intelligence."- Washington Post Book World