MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/books/review/Frank-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life, by Robert Reich

“The former labor secretary…says market forces have compromised democracy, and need to be restrained…If our social ills are rooted in increased competition, Reich argues, our only recourse is to change the rules.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/books/review/Kennedy-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Conscience of a Liberal, by Paul Krugman

“As Paul Krugman sees it, Republican radicals are responsible for growing inequality…The American plutocracy, Krugman says, ‘have become rich enough to buy themselves a party.'”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/books/review/Hochschild-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Slave Ship: A Human History, by Marcus Rediker

“The story of the ships that transported slaves across the Atlantic…’Violence cascaded downward from captain and officers to sailors to the enslaved.'”