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Zusatztext ‘‘Supercapitalism’ reminds us that the power of political courage grows when it is joined with clear thinking. Reich has delineated the role corporations play in our democracy today, argued persuasively why it needs to be limited, and offered solutions to return control of the government to the people. He has done his part. Now it is up to the citizens to respond if we are to have a more just America.’ Informationen zum Autor Robert Reich is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkley. Secretary of Labour under President Clinton, he is now a prolific journalist who has written in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post and in the UK, most recently in The Sunday Times. Klappentext Supercapitalism: The Battle for Democracy in an Age of Big Business Robert Reich explains how widening inequalities, heightened job insecurity and global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. He shows that companies, fighting harder than ever to be competitive, have become more deeply involved in politics, and how the tools used to temper society's problems - taxation, education, trade unions - have withered as supercapitalism has burgeoned. Important, timely, authoritative and thrilling, SUPERCAPITALISM is a tour de force of modern popular political writing, and is essential reading for anyone concerned that government and big business are too-familiar bedfellows. Zusammenfassung Explains how inequalities, job insecurity and global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. This work shows that companies, fighting hard to be competitive, have become deeply involved in politics, and how the tools used to temper society's problems - taxation and education - have withered as supercapitalism has burgeoned.
