America the possible : manifesto for a new economy / James Gustave Speth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speth, James Gustave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

United States--Economic policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this third volume of his award-winning American Crisis series, James Gustave Speth makes his boldest and most ambitious contribution yet. He looks unsparingly at the sea of troubles in which the United States now finds itself, charts a course through the discouragement and despair commonly felt today, and envisions what he calls America the Possible, an attractive and plausible future that we can still realize. The book identifies a dozen features of the American political economy-the country's basic operating system-where transformative change is essential. It spells out the specific changes that are needed to move toward a new political economy-one in which the true priority is to sustain people and planet. Supported by a compelling ";theory of change"; that explains how system change can come to America, the book also presents a vision of political, social, and economic life in a renewed America. Speth envisions a future that will be well worth fighting for. In short, this is a book about the American future and the strong possibility that we yet have it in ourselves to use our freedom and our democracy in powerful ways to create something fine, a reborn America, for our children and grandchildren.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Manifesto

2. Society At The Breaking Point

3. The Weight Of The World

4. Running Out Of Planet

5. America The Possible

6. A Sustaining Post-Growth Economy

7. System Changes

8. Realizing Democracy

9. The Movement

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613916822

9781283604376

128360437X

9780300184686

0300184689

OCLC:

811320550