The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) by Annette Simmons  (62)
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Japan's resurgent growth and unrest in the Third World signal the end of the United States' preeminent position as a world power. American conservatives bent on a rigid, militarist posture and liberals who preach altruism both have utterly failed to adapt to a changed reality. That is Reich's thesis, developed in chapters examining the corrosion of our cultural myths. While the Horatio Alger parable of "the little guy who makes good" is losing its inspirational hold in an economy of scarcity, America's fear and aggressiveness toward "them out there"be they Russians or Latinosseem to be intensifying. Reich ( The Next American Frontier urges cooperation among political factions as our only hope. He sounds like a conservative when he attacks government regulation, like a liberal when he argues that we should view welfare as public investment in our future. His contention that both the arms race with the Soviets and the trading race with Japan are sapping our economy is well worth considering.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Reich ( The Next American Frontier ) proposes that America's political culture has been uniquely expressed in four parablesthe Mob at the Gates, the Triumphant Individual, the Benevolent Community, and the Rot at the Top. Both conservative and liberal interpretations of these tales divide people into "us" and "them." While the conservatives seek to impose discipline on "them" (e.g., the Soviet Union, Third World nations, Japan, poor people), liberals seek to conciliate "them." Reich urges, instead, expansion of the category of "us" through collective efforts involving reciprocal gain, obligation, and trust (e.g., efforts to increase the wealth of both developing nations and American workers). He sees a mythology embracing an expanded "us" and interdependence evolving, for implementation by new leadership. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. David Steiniche, Social Sciences Dept., Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Japan's resurgent growth and unrest in the Third World signal the end of the United States' preeminent position as a world power. American conservatives bent on a rigid, militarist posture and liberals who preach altruism both have utterly failed to adapt to a changed reality. That is Reich's thesis, developed in chapters examining the corrosion of our cultural myths. While the Horatio Alger parable of "the little guy who makes good" is losing its inspirational hold in an economy of scarcity, America's fear and aggressiveness toward "them out there"be they Russians or Latinosseem to be intensifying. Reich ( The Next American Frontier urges cooperation among political factions as our only hope. He sounds like a conservative when he attacks government regulation, like a liberal when he argues that we should view welfare as public investment in our future. His contention that both the arms race with the Soviets and the trading race with Japan are sapping our economy is well worth considering.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Reich ( The Next American Frontier ) proposes that America's political culture has been uniquely expressed in four parablesthe Mob at the Gates, the Triumphant Individual, the Benevolent Community, and the Rot at the Top. Both conservative and liberal interpretations of these tales divide people into "us" and "them." While the conservatives seek to impose discipline on "them" (e.g., the Soviet Union, Third World nations, Japan, poor people), liberals seek to conciliate "them." Reich urges, instead, expansion of the category of "us" through collective efforts involving reciprocal gain, obligation, and trust (e.g., efforts to increase the wealth of both developing nations and American workers). He sees a mythology embracing an expanded "us" and interdependence evolving, for implementation by new leadership. Recommended for academic and large public libraries. David Steiniche, Social Sciences Dept., Missouri Western State Coll., St. Joseph
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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