Since 1776, Americans have reinvented our country four times. Jefferson's generation transformed a collection of colonies into a constitutional democracy. Lincoln's generation built a national industrial economy. FDR's generation made labor as important as capital and created global institutions. Reagan’s generation created an information economy.
Each transformation was stressful. Each required Americans to rethink old assumptions. And each created radically new possibilities, very different economies.
I believe we're at the cusp of a fifth transformation.
New Politics for the Next Economy asks the question: How do we adopt a politics that allows us to change our institutions into tools that allow us to realize our potential, to become our better selves?
The central question? How did America become the country it is today? It traces America’s evolution and asks what it could become next.
The book is intentionally optimistic. Rather than dwelling on what's broken, it explores what might come next—and how ordinary citizens can help build it.
This is a book about renewal — a fitting thing to think about on the day we mark 250 years of being American. I'd be honored if you'd take a look.
New Politics for the Next Economy is available now in paperback and Kindle.
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