{"product_id":"coming-up-short-robert-reich-hardcover","title":"Coming Up Short - Robert Reich (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking, principled, clear-eyed chronicle of the culture, politics, and economic choices that have landed America where it is today — with irresponsible economic bullies and corporations with immense wealth and lobbying power on top, demagogues on the rise, and increasing inequality fuelling anger and hatred across the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNine months after World War II, Robert Reich was born into a united America with a bright future — which went unrealised for so many as big money took over. His encounter with school bullies on account of his height — just under five foot — set him on a determined path to spend his life fighting American bullies of every sort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe recounts the death of a friend in the civil rights movement; his political coming of age witnessing the Berkeley free speech movement; working for Bobby Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy; experiencing a country torn apart by the Vietnam War; meeting Hillary Rodham in college, Bill Clinton at Oxford, and Clarence Thomas at Yale Law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe details his friendship with John Kenneth Galbraith during his time teaching at Harvard, and subsequent friendships with Bernie Sanders and Ted Kennedy; and his efforts as labour secretary for Clinton and economic advisor to Barack Obama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, Reich asks: What did his generation accomplish? Did they make America better, more inclusive, more tolerant? Did they strengthen democracy? Or did they come up short?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith characteristic spirit and humour, he lays out how progressives can reclaim a sense of community and salvage a democratic capitalism based on American ideals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53389308264785,"sku":"9781917189606","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/4618\/2960\/files\/9781917189606.jpg?v=1774520833","url":"https:\/\/lattesandliterature.com\/products\/coming-up-short-robert-reich-hardcover","provider":"Latte's and Literature","version":"1.0","type":"link"}