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The work of nations : preparing ourselves for 21st century capitalism / Robert B. Reich.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1992.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xii, 339 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0679736158 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 337.73 20
Contents:
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.
Summary: Examines the socio-economic questions that will be plaguing the policy-makers of the future.
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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.

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