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  • Just Giving

    Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better

    by Rob Reich ...
    The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn’t the unassailable good we think it to be but might also undermine democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Big philanthropy is ... Read more

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  • System Error

    Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot

    by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, Jeremy M. Weinstein ...
    " System Error is a triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated." — Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New AmericaA forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors—experts who have worked at ground zero of the tech revolution for decades—which reveals how big tech's obsession with optimization and efficiency has ... Read more

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    Just Giving

    Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better

    by Rob Reich ...
    Narrated by Matthew Josdal ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 57 min

    Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the unassailable good we think it to be but might also undermine democratic values and set back aspirations of justice. Big philanthropy is often an exercise of power, the conversion of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

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    System Error

    Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot

    by Rob Reich, Mehran Sahami, Jeremy M. Weinstein ...
    Narrated by Kaleo Griffith ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 28 min

    “Read this if you want to understand how to shape our technological future and reinvigorate democracy along the way.”—Reed Hastings, cofounder and CEO of Netflix""A triumph: an analysis of the critical challenges facing our digital society that is as accessible as it is sophisticated."" — Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New AmericaA forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors—experts ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • Digital Technology and Democratic Theory

    Edited by Lucy Bernholz, Hélène Landemore, Rob Reich ...
    One of the most far-reaching transformations in our era is the wave of digital technologies rolling over—and upending—nearly every aspect of life. Work and leisure, family and friendship, community and citizenship have all been modified by now-ubiquitous digital tools and platforms. Digital Technology and Democratic Theory looks closely at one significant facet of our rapidly evolving digital ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Philanthropy in Democratic Societies

    History, Institutions, Values

    Edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, Lucy Bernholz ...
    Philanthropy is everywhere. In 2013, in the United States alone, some $330 billion was recorded in giving, from large donations by the wealthy all the way down to informal giving circles. We tend to think of philanthropy as unequivocally good, but as the contributors to this book show, philanthropy is also an exercise of power. And like all forms of power, especially in a democratic society, it ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Toward a Humanist Justice

    The Political Philosophy of Susan Moller Okin

    Edited by Debra Satz, Rob Reich ...
    The late Susan Moller Okin was a leading political theorist whose scholarship integrated political philosophy and issues of gender, the family, and culture. Okin argued that liberalism, properly understood as a theory opposed to social hierarchies and supportive of individual freedom and equality, provided the tools for criticizing the substantial and systematic inequalities between men and women. ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Education, Justice & Democracy

    Edited by Danielle Allen, Rob Reich ...
    Education is a contested topic, and not just politically. For years scholars have approached it from two different points of view: one empirical, focused on explanations for student and school success and failure, and the other philosophical, focused on education's value and purpose within the larger society. Rarely have these separate approaches been brought into the same conversation. Education, ... Read more

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  • Occupy the Future

    Edited by David Grusky, Doug McAdam, Rob Reich, Debra Satz ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    How the Occupy movement has challenged the gap between American principles and American practice—and how we can realize our most cherished ideals.The Occupy Wall Street movement has ignited new questions about the relationship between democracy and equality in the United States. Are we also entering a moment in history in which the disjuncture between our principles and our institutions is cast ... Read more

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