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    The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
    The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
    The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
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    The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It

    Written by Robert B. Reich

    Narrated by Robert B. Reich

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    From the bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, comes an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change.

    There is a mounting sense that our political-economic system is no longer working, but what is the core problem and how do we remedy it? With the characteristic clarity and passion that have made him a central civil voice, bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good Robert B. Reich shows how wealth and power have combined to install an oligarchy and undermine democracy. Reich exposes the myths of meritocracy, national competitiveness, corporate social responsibility, the “free market,” and the political “center,” all of which are used by those at the top to divert attention from their takeover of the system and to justify their accumulation of even more wealth and power. In demystifying the current system, Reich reveals where power actually lies and how it is wielded, and invites us to reclaim power and remake the system for all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateMar 24, 2020
    ISBN9780593212042
    Author

    Robert B. Reich

    Robert B. Reich is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations and has written fifteen books, including The Work of Nations, which has been translated into twenty-two languages, and the best sellers The Common Good, Saving Capitalism, Supercapitalism, and Locked in the Cabinet. His articles have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, and he writes a weekly column for the Guardian and Newsweek. He is co-creator of the award-winning film Inequality for All, and the Netflix original Saving Capitalism, and co-founder of Inequality Media. He lives in Berkeley.

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    • 2/5

      Mar 14, 2021

      The solution is apparently more liberal democracy or as I like to call it modern socialism.

      Next time the author wants to send a letter to Jamie Dimon I suggest email.
    • 3/5

      Jan 31, 2021

      I'll keep this fairly brief, like the book. The author starts by explaining how a specific "liberal" rich guy isn't anywhere near as liberal as the rich guy makes himself out to be in public (and does a damn fine job of it.) The author then points how oligarchies take on power and what options there are to block those powers. Then the author tells the "liberal" rich guy to start actually being liberal, but cancels out those comments by acknowledging that the rich guy won't ever do that. In the middle of all that, the author bends over backwards to not call anybody racist. Other than that, it's really clear and straightforward in its exposition of ideas -- as you might expect from a good college professor. Oh, and there are better books for making the points in this one. Unless, of course, you haven't been paying much attention until very recently, in which case, don't you think it's about time you start catching up? The end.
    • 5/5

      Jan 2, 2021

      LIstened to this one on the way to camp in Colorado. Reich spares no punches as he lets both Republicans and Democrats (especially Jamie Dimon) have it as he describes why we are the way we are and how we got here. Then he turned his sites on me. Yikes. Let the soul-searching begin.
    • 5/5

      Aug 23, 2020

      Outstanding book about what went wrong with our system of government and what can be done about it.
    • 5/5

      Aug 7, 2020

      This book explains, in terms open to the average reader, what has happened to American politics. It is not the usual political effluvium, Democrats aren't goodies and Republicans baddies, or vice versa. If there are villains, it's all of us: for not looking, for taking the easy path.

      I am not an American, but our democracy is morphing into oligarchy in exactly the same way. Tony Blair's Labour Government introduced unelected 'advisors' to parliament and subsequent Tory cabinets have been only too eager to follow suit.

      Reich is optimistic that the people of the USA have seen through President Trump: I sincerely hope so; we might then follow them to a more grown up politics.