NATIONAL BESTSELLER โข A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the โera of institutional failureโ by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be resilient to twenty-first-century problems, from the popular entrepreneur, bestselling author, and political truth-teller
โA vitally important book.โโMark Cuban
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Despite being written off by the media, Andrew Yangโs shoestring 2020 presidential campaignโpowered by his proposal for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all Americansโjolted the political establishment, growing into a massive, diverse movement.ย
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In Forward, Yang reveals that UBI and the threat of job automation are only the beginning, diagnosing how a series of cascading problems within our antiquated systems keeps us stuck in the pastโimperiling our democracy at every level. With Americaโs stagnant institutions failing to keep pace with technological change, we grow more polarized as tech platforms supplant our will while feasting on our data. Yang introduces us to the various โpriests of the declineโ of America, including politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people they supposedly serve.ย
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The machinery of American democracy is failing, Yang argues, and we need bold new ideas to rewire it for twenty-first-century problems. Inspired by his experience running for office and as an entrepreneur, and by ideas drawn from leading thinkers, Yang offers a series of solutions, including data rights, ranked-choice voting, and fact-based governance empowered by modern technology, writing that โthere is no cavalryโโitโs up to us. This is a powerful and urgent warning that we must step back from the brink and plot a new way forward for our democracy.