01927cam a2200265 4500 7382 20181127183526.0 910222s1992 nyu b 001 0 eng 91050223 0679736158 (pbk.) : $12.00 337.73 20 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. Capitalism United States. Economic forecasting United States. International economic relations. United States Economic conditions 1981-2001. 6302 6302 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 11338 0 337.73 REI 30011087 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN