内容简介
America’seconomyanddemocracyareworkingforthebenefitofanever-fewerprivilegedandpowerfulpeople.Butratherthanjustcomplainaboutitorgiveuponthesystem,wemustjointogetherandmakeitworkforallofus.Inthistimelybook,RobertB.ReicharguesthatnothinggoodhappensinWashingtonunlesscitizensareenergizedandorganizedtomakesureWashingtonactsinthepublicgood.Thefirststepistoseethebigpicture.BeyondOutrageconnectsthedots,showingwhytheincreasingshareofincomeandwealthgoingtothetophashobbledjobsandgrowthforeveryoneelse,underminingourdemocracy;causedAmericanstobecomeincreasinglycynicalaboutpubliclife;andturnedmanyAmericansagainstoneanother.Healsoexplainswhytheproposalsofthe“regressiveright”aredeadwrongandprovidesaclearroadmapofwhatmustbedoneinstead.Here’saplanforactionforeveryonewhocaresaboutthefutureofAmerica.
作者简介
RobertB.ReichisChancellor’sProfessorofPublicPolicyattheRichardandRhodaGoldmanSchoolofPublicPolicyattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Hehasservedinthreenationaladministrations,mostrecentlyassecretaryoflaborunderPresidentBillClinton,andheservedasanadvisertoPresident-electBarackObama.Hehaswrittentwelvebooks,includingTheWorkofNations(whichhasbeentranslatedintotwenty-twolanguages),Supercapitalism,andthebestsellersTheNextAmericanFrontier,TheFutureofSuccess,LockedintheCabinet,and,mostrecently,Aftershock:TheNextEconomyandAmerica’sFuture.HisarticleshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,TheAtlantic,TheNewYorkTimes,theFinancialTimes,TheWashingtonPost,andTheWallStreetJournal.Heisco-foundingeditorofTheAmericanProspectmagazineandchairmanofCommonCause.Hisbi-weeklycommentariesonpublicradio’sMarketplaceareheardbynearlyfivemillionpeople.In2003,ReichwasawardedtheprestigiousVáclavHavelFoundationPrizeforpioneeringworkineconomicandsocialthought.In2008,Timemagazinenamedhimoneofthetenmostsuccessfulcabinetsecretariesofthetwentiethcentury,andTheWallStreetJournalnamedhimoneofthenation’stenmostinfluentialbusinessthought-leaders.,,