"In 2020, hundreds of thousands of coronavirus deaths were caused not by the vicissitudes of nature but by the callous and opportunistic decisions of powerful people, as revealed here by John Nichols."

"The central argument of this book is that stronger unions operating under a new type of labor system could help address America's underlying economic and political challenges. The new system would be built around two central ideas: active policy support for unions and broad-based collective...

Introduction : ASEAN's goals -- Pivoting to Asia -- Defining ASEAN's goals -- Financial capital -- A systems approach to achieving ASEAN's goals -- People, data, and information -- Institutions, governance, and rule of law -- Positioning ASEAN's economy for success -- Climate change and the...

Introduction: the working hypothesis -- What work is worth -- As American as economic pie -- Productive pluralism -- The labor market -- A future for work -- Turning around -- The environment and the economy -- Teaching to the rest -- The importance of borders -- More perfect unions -- The wage...

A democracy left untended -- The equal protection clause ensures -- Placebocracy is democracy's bastard -- Capitalism is the only economic system -- The US does not have a Free Market Economy -- Corporate welfare And protectionism are -- I'll believe In Free Trade Agreements when -- The problems...

"This book is about the effort to improve governmental policy-making through the development, beginning in the 1950s, of a new profession of advisors and public managers trained in public policy analysis and strategic public management. The use of such professionals has become commonplace at all...

Pt. I: The West's East. Brussels : the new Rome ; The Russian devolution ; Ukraine : from border to bridge ; The Balkans : eastern questions ; Turkey : marching east and west ; The Caucasian corridor ; Conclusion : stretching Europe -- Pt. II: Affairs of the heartland. The Silk Road and the...