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How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America
Random House
August 2009
On Sale: July 28, 2009
96 pages
ISBN: 1400068983
EAN: 9781400068982
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
“This is the end of the world as we’ve known it,†Kurt
Andersen writes in Reset. “But it isn’t the end of the
world.†In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book,
Andersen–a brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical
and cultural trends, as well as a bestselling novelist and
host of public radio’s Studio 360–shows us why the current
economic crisis is actually a moment of great opportunity to
get ourselves and our nation back on track. Historically, America has always shifted between wild,
exuberant speculation and steady, sober hard work, as well
as back and forth between economic booms and busts, and
between right and left politically. This is one of the rare
moments when all these cycles shift dramatically and
simultaneously–a moment when complacency ends, ossified
structures loosen up, and enormous positive change is possible. The shock to the system can enable each of us to rethink
certain habits and focus more on the things that make us
authentically happy. The present flux can enable us as a
society to consolidate the enormous gains of the last
several decades in areas such as technology, crime
prevention, women’s and civil rights, and the
democratization of the planet. We can reap the fruits of a
revival of realism and pragmatism at home and abroad. As we
enter a new era of post-party-line common sense, we can
start to reinvent hopelessly broken systems–in health care,
education, climate change, and more–and rediscover some of
the old-fashioned American values of which we’ve lost sight. In Reset, Andersen explains how we’ve done it before and why
we are about to do it again–and better than ever.
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