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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
Γ’β¬ΕThis is the end of the world as weΓ’β¬β’ve known it,Γ’β¬Β Kurt Andersen writes in Reset. Γ’β¬ΕBut it isnΓ’β¬β’t the end of the world.Γ’β¬Β In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, AndersenΓ’β¬βa brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical and cultural trends, as well as a bestselling novelist and host of public radioΓ’β¬β’s Studio 360Γ’β¬βshows 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 simultaneouslyΓ’β¬βa 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, womenΓ’β¬β’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 systemsΓ’β¬βin health care, education, climate change, and moreΓ’β¬βand rediscover some of the old-fashioned American values of which weΓ’β¬β’ve lost sight. In Reset, Andersen explains how weΓ’β¬β’ve done it before and why we are about to do it againΓ’β¬βand better than ever.
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