Spring Break
Consumers are to blame
Andrew Hackman
Issue date: 10/3/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
However, it isn't the corporations that should be blamed; according to Reich, it is each and every one of us. He looks the reader in the eye and says that we are all to blame for setting the rules that make such immoral actions both expected and necessary.
Such a bleak story begs for some kind of happy ending, but Reich doesn't allow the reader to live in such a fantasy world. In order to change the way things are it is up to us as both consumers and citizens to demand and accept change. The most powerful force Americans can use is democracy and Reich insists that it is the only thing that can save the average person from the system they helped create.
Reich goes to great lengths to make a book about fundamental economic forces not just readable but genuinely fascinating.
Pages are littered with facts that are impossible not to repeat to anybody within earshot.
Every point he makes is backed up with an example from real life like the Microsoft anti-trust trials and the anti-Wal-Mart movement. The end result is that readers cannot help but understand the implications of what he has to say on their lives. This is a must-read book for anyone even remotely concerned about our country, because when a problem includes everyone, it includes you.
Such a bleak story begs for some kind of happy ending, but Reich doesn't allow the reader to live in such a fantasy world. In order to change the way things are it is up to us as both consumers and citizens to demand and accept change. The most powerful force Americans can use is democracy and Reich insists that it is the only thing that can save the average person from the system they helped create.
Reich goes to great lengths to make a book about fundamental economic forces not just readable but genuinely fascinating.
Pages are littered with facts that are impossible not to repeat to anybody within earshot.
Every point he makes is backed up with an example from real life like the Microsoft anti-trust trials and the anti-Wal-Mart movement. The end result is that readers cannot help but understand the implications of what he has to say on their lives. This is a must-read book for anyone even remotely concerned about our country, because when a problem includes everyone, it includes you.
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