The "New Economy Movement," as Gar Alperovitz described it in The Nation, is an effort to unite the various wings of progressive politics into a coherent set of ideas and programs that will be radically different from the current free-market paradigm. The movement arises out of environmentalism:...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Manifesto -- Part One. A Nation in Trouble -- 2. Society at the Breaking Point -- 3. The Weight of the World -- 4. Running Out of Planet -- Part Two. In the Beauty of the Morning -- 5. America the Possible -- Part Three. Transformations -- 6. A Sustaining...