The Common Good, Robert B. Reich
The Common Good, Robert B. Reich
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The Common Good

Author: Robert B. Reich

Narrator: Robert B. Reich

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2018

Synopsis

Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership.

Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

About Robert B. Reich

Robert B. Reich, the secretary of labor under President Clinton, is a professor of public policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of ten books, including the bestsellers The Future of Success and Locked in the Cabinet. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Just what I needed: a progressive book that concentrates on the positive, by a man who points a way forward for us all. "Positive” and “forward” are hard to do, under the yoke of King Donald the Mad. Robert Reich even manages to see the positive in Mad King Donald himself. It is Trump who has “brough......more

Goodreads review by Jean

This is a very timely essay. Reich takes a look at Adam Smith’s economic design, ideal of truth and equitable competition. Reich states we are a nation of law and order bound on the common good. He says the enemies of the common good range from the slumlords to megabanks and untrammeled hedge funds.......more

Goodreads review by Andy

How to restore the notion of common good is a vital topic. This book makes some good points. Unfortunately, it is much more of a rant about rampant evil than a guide to the common good. Also, I don't quite agree with the bit on why we lost the common good and how to get it back. Having recently watc......more

Quotes

“Against the grain of much liberal thinking . . . Reich’s proposals would make a good starting point for a new progressive political project.” —Michael J. Sandel, The New York Times Book Review

“Very timely . . . Reich’s work is an important call for reform that should appeal to a wide audience disaffected with the status quo.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Reich’s lucidly defining and empowering call for revitalized civic awareness—complete with an enticing list of recommended reading and discussion guide—is an ideal catalyst for book-group conversations.” —Booklist
 
“Clear-voiced and accessible.” —Publishers Weekly

“Brief but well-argued . . . a provocative essay.” —Kirkus

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