The great psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich once wrote, "No President, Academy, Court of Law, Congress or Senate on this earth has the knowledge or power to decide what will be the knowledge of tomorrow". In 1957, the government of the United States of America jailed Dr Reich and burned all of his publishe[...]
As middle-class incomes stagnate in advanced economies while the rich experience record income gains, the 11th semi-annual Munk Debate pits wealth redistribution supporters Paul Krugman and George Papandreou against Newt Gingrich and Arthur Laffer to debate taxation -- should the rich pay more? For [...]
Jeder Mensch sehnt sich nach einem erfüllten Dasein - und doch leben viele von uns in dem Bewusstsein des Mangels: Es fehlt uns an ..., wir brauchen ... Viele leben in Zwängen, anstatt ihr kreatives Potenzial aufzuspüren und sich voller Freude und Schöpferkraft zu entfalten. Robert Betz, einer d[...]
America's economy and democracy are working for the benefit of ever-fewer privileged and powerful people. But rather than just complain about it or give up on the system, we must join together and make it work for all of us. In this timely audiobook, Robert B. Reich argues that nothing good happens [...]
What skills will be the most valuable in the coming century? How can our country ensure that all its citizens have a share in the new global economy? The author of The Next American Frontier addresses these questions in a trail-blazing new book that is certain to guide a generation of policy makers.[...]
Explains how inequalities, job insecurity and global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. This work shows that companies, fighting hard to be competitive, have become deeply involved in politics, and how the tools used to temper society's problems - taxation and education - have with[...]