The Future of Success

Robert B. Reich

Jul 2000 · Penguin Random House Audio · Kuchazwe ngu-Robert B. Reich

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If you think it’s getting harder to both make a living and make a life, economist and former secretary of labor Robert Reich agrees with you. Americans may be earning more than ever before, but we’re paying a steep price: we’re working longer, seeing our families less, and our communities are fragmenting.

With the clarity and insight that are his hallmarks, Reich delineates what success has come to mean in our time. He demonstrates that although we have more choices as consumers, and investors, the choices themselves are undermining the rest of our lives. It is getting harder for people to be confident of what they will be earning next year, or even next month. At the same time, our society is splitting into socially stratified enclaves--the wealthier walled off and gated, the poorer isolated and ignored. Although the trends he discusses are powerful, they are not irreversible, and Reich makes provocative suggestions for how we might create a more balanced society and more satisfying lives. Some of his ideas may surprise you; all should spark a healthy–and essential–national debate.

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Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor, is a University Professor at Brandeis University.  This is his seventh book.  He is the national editor of The American Prospect and writes frequently for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other newspapers.  He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.