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Andrew Yang
Forward - Notes on the Future of Our Democracy
English · Paperback / Softback
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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Yang Klappentext NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the “era of institutional failure” by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be resilient to twenty-first-century problems, from the popular entrepreneur, bestselling author, and political truth-teller “A vitally important book.”—Mark Cuban Despite being written off by the media, Andrew Yang’s shoestring 2020 presidential campaign—powered by his proposal for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all Americans—jolted the political establishment, growing into a massive, diverse movement. In Forward , Yang reveals that UBI and the threat of job automation are only the beginning, diagnosing how a series of cascading problems within our antiquated systems keeps us stuck in the past—imperiling our democracy at every level. With America’s stagnant institutions failing to keep pace with technological change, we grow more polarized as tech platforms supplant our will while feasting on our data. Yang introduces us to the various “priests of the decline” of America, including politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people they supposedly serve. The machinery of American democracy is failing, Yang argues, and we need bold new ideas to rewire it for twenty-first-century problems. Inspired by his experience running for office and as an entrepreneur, and by ideas drawn from leading thinkers, Yang offers a series of solutions, including data rights, ranked-choice voting, and fact-based governance empowered by modern technology, writing that “there is no cavalry”—it’s up to us. This is a powerful and urgent warning that we must step back from the brink and plot a new way forward for our democracy. Leseprobe Introduction Democracy By a Thread Why isn’t it working? That’s a question millions of Americans have been asking about our country. For some time now, many of us have had this growing sense that our way of life and the shared beliefs and expectations that underpin our democracy have become endangered. We sense that, somewhere along the way, the machinery of our democracy started faltering—and now it is failing. Politicians tell us to vote and volunteer and endlessly beg us for donations. Many of us do these things. But it’s not doing the trick. Despite doing all the “right things,” many of us are struggling more than our parents or grandparents did to gain a foothold in the middle class. The digital gadgets in our pockets keep becoming more sophisticated, but our basic ability to distinguish truth from fiction is eroding. We can no longer assume that fundamental functions of American democracy, like the smooth counting of votes on Election Day or the ability of Congress to pass laws, will occur. Some of us have stopped believing in science, while others have simply come to doubt the possibility that brighter days lie ahead. The unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic laid our anxieties bare. Unity and consensus seem like fading dreams. Many of us were surprised and horrified at the ascent of Donald Trump, and yet we sense, on some level, that the aggrieved mistrust and political anger he tapped into were real and will continue to exist long after he’s gone. As I write this, there is a Democratic majority in D.C. with the slimmest conceivable margins, with Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote in the Senate necessary to get anything done. Democracy hangs by a thread. How did it come to this? What happened to our belief in the future? And, most important, what can we do about it? I wrote the initial drafts of the chapters that became this book in a feverish stretch in the months following the end of my presidential campaign. I wanted to capture my experiences and what I learned while ...
Product details
Authors | Andrew Yang |
Publisher | Crown Publishing Group |
Languages | English |
Product format | Paperback / Softback |
Released | 04.10.2022 |
EAN | 9780593238677 |
ISBN | 978-0-593-23867-7 |
No. of pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 133 mm x 199 mm x 21 mm |
Subjects |
Humanities, art, music
> History
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education |
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