The work of nations :
Reich, Robert B.
The work of nations : preparing ourselves for 21st century capitalism / Robert B. Reich. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 1992. - xii, 339 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the national idea -- The origins of economic nationalism -- Economic nationalism and high-volume production -- The corporation and the national interest -- The national champion -- The national bargain -- The presumed problem -- From high volume to high value -- The new web of enterprise -- The diffusion of ownership and control -- The global web -- The end of the national champion -- The coming of irrelevance of corporate nationality -- The perils of vestigial thought -- The three jobs of the future -- A digression on symbolic analysis and market incentive -- American incomes -- Why the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer -- The education of the symbolic analyst (I) -- The education of the symbolic analyst (II) -- The problem restated -- The decline of public investment -- The uses of vestigial thought -- The new community -- The politics of secession -- Who is "us"? -- Afterword : national identity in a post-Soviet world.
Examines the socio-economic questions that will be plaguing the policy-makers of the future.
0679736158 (pbk.) : $12.00
91050223
Capitalism--United States.
Economic forecasting--United States.
International economic relations.
United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
337.73
The work of nations : preparing ourselves for 21st century capitalism / Robert B. Reich. - 1st Vintage Books ed. - New York : Vintage Books, 1992. - xii, 339 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the national idea -- The origins of economic nationalism -- Economic nationalism and high-volume production -- The corporation and the national interest -- The national champion -- The national bargain -- The presumed problem -- From high volume to high value -- The new web of enterprise -- The diffusion of ownership and control -- The global web -- The end of the national champion -- The coming of irrelevance of corporate nationality -- The perils of vestigial thought -- The three jobs of the future -- A digression on symbolic analysis and market incentive -- American incomes -- Why the rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer -- The education of the symbolic analyst (I) -- The education of the symbolic analyst (II) -- The problem restated -- The decline of public investment -- The uses of vestigial thought -- The new community -- The politics of secession -- Who is "us"? -- Afterword : national identity in a post-Soviet world.
Examines the socio-economic questions that will be plaguing the policy-makers of the future.
0679736158 (pbk.) : $12.00
91050223
Capitalism--United States.
Economic forecasting--United States.
International economic relations.
United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001.
337.73