Restoring The Good Society

Author : Robert J. Shiller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084617X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finance and the Good Society written by Robert J. Shiller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why we need to reclaim finance for the common good The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance—he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this important and timely book, Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good. He makes a powerful case for recognizing that finance, far from being a parasite on society, is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving our common problems and increasing the general well-being. We need more financial innovation—not less—and finance should play a larger role in helping society achieve its goals. Challenging the public and its leaders to rethink finance and its role in society, Shiller argues that finance should be defined not merely as the manipulation of money or the management of risk but as the stewardship of society's assets. He explains how people in financial careers—from CEO, investment manager, and banker to insurer, lawyer, and regulator—can and do manage, protect, and increase these assets. He describes how finance has historically contributed to the good of society through inventions such as insurance, mortgages, savings accounts, and pensions, and argues that we need to envision new ways to rechannel financial creativity to benefit society as a whole. Ultimately, Shiller shows how society can once again harness the power of finance for the greater good.

Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher : Hourglass Book Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restoring the Good Society written by Don E. Eberly and published by Hourglass Book Pub.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert B. Reich
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525436375
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Common Good written by Robert B. Reich and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership. Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

Author : Kevin Vallier
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190632836
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Must Politics Be War? written by Kevin Vallier and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans today are far less likely to trust their institutions, and each other, than in decades past. This collapse in social and political trust arguably fuels our increasingly ferocious ideological conflicts and hardened partisanship. Many believe that our previously high levels of trust and bipartisanship were a pleasant anomaly and that we now live under the historic norm. Seen this way, politics itself is nothing more than a power struggle between groups with irreconcilable aims: contemporary American politics is war because political life as such is war. Must Politics Be War? argues that our shared liberal democratic institutions have the unique capacity to sustain social and political trust between diverse persons. In succinct, convincing prose, Kevin Vallier argues that constitutional rights and democratic governance prevent any one ideology or faith from dominating all others, thereby protecting each person's freedom to live according to her values and principles. Illiberal arrangements, where one group's ideology or faith reigns, turn those who disagree into unwilling subversives, persons with little reason to trust their regime or to be trustworthy in obeying it. Liberal arrangements, in contrast, incentivize trust and trustworthiness because they allow people with diverse and divergent ends to act with conviction. Those with opposing viewpoints become trustworthy because they can obey the rules of their society without acting against their ideals. Therefore, as Vallier illuminates, a liberal society is one at moral peace with a politics that is not war.

Author : Anthony Arblaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good Society written by Anthony Arblaster and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Lippmann
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780343218690
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good Society written by Walter Lippmann and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Vee Hendro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648150527
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Society written by Vee Hendro and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good Society is a tabletop roleplaying game where you create an Austen novel with your friends.

Author : John P. Burke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521173940
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marxism and the Good Society written by John P. Burke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 1981 essays examine the problems that have arisen from attempts to implement Marx's critical theory, to which the concept of the good society is central. As long as socialist regimes continue to invoke Marx, they subject themselves to the norms contained within Marx's understanding of freedom in a community.

Author : F. Inglis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230523447
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and the Good Society written by F. Inglis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-03-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many public debates launched by governments on education, such as Tony Blair's emphasis on "education, education, education" have nonetheless failed to consider the place of the good society in educational endeavour. The traditional account of education is that it not only teaches pupils the skills to earn a living, but also teaches a concern for the welfare of others, a love of the many cultures of learning and a commitment to the best values of society. Education and the Good Society seeks to examine these considerations and to restore them to the centre of the educational debate.

Author : Will Paxton
Publisher : Institute for Public Policy Research
ISBN 13 : 9781860302008
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Any Volunteers for the Good Society? written by Will Paxton and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: