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“A true gift of a book, at exactly the right moment.”
— Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine

“A brilliant, powerfully supported manifesto and an indespensable call to arms.”
— Gar Alperovitz, author of America
Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our
Wealth, Our Liberty and Our Democracy

“It is indeed possible to restore America to a true, durable, and decent prosperity and Gus Speth shows how.”
-- David W. Orr, author of Hope is an
Imperative and Down to the Wire

“Speth’s profoundly humane sensibilities and common sense approach are sure to resonate with readers.”
— Juliet Schor, author of True Weatlh:
How and why millions of Americans are
creating a time-rich, ecologically-light,
small-scale, high-satisisfaction economy

This critically important work brings together in a selective, judicious and integrated way the best current thinking on the American political economic crisis and related policies."
— Herman Daly, Professor Emeritus,
School of Public Policy, University
of Maryland; author
of Beyond Growth

“Speth is a seasoned leader and passionate truth teller with impeccable establishment credentials. . . . A compelling case for economic transformation."
— David Korten, YES! Magazine
board chair and author of
Agenda for a New Economy
and The Great Turning

"Gus Speth's wonderfully comprehensive account of the American condition is a devastating indictment. Yet he lifts us up with his audacious vision of what can be."
— William Greider, author of
Come Home, America: The
Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise)
of Our Country

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