Sarah   Leonard,Bhaskar Sunkara
A stirring blueprint for American equality, from the "breakout stars" (,The New York Times,) of the young new left,Democrat, Republican -- the list of presidential candidates confirms that business is proceeding pretty much as usual. ,The Future We Want, proposes something different. In a sharp, rousing collective manifesto, ten young cultural and political critics dismantle the usual liberal solutions to America's ills and propose a pragmatic alternative.,What would finance look like without Wall Street? Or the workplace with responsibility shared by the entire workforce? From a campaign to limit work hours, to a program for full employment, to proposals for a new feminism, ,The Future We Want, has the courage to think of alternatives that are both utopian and possible.,Brilliantly clear and provocative, ,The Future We Want, -- edited by ,Jacobin, magazine founder Bhaskar Sunkara and the ,Nation,'s Sarah Leonard -- harnesses the energy and creativity of an angry generation and announces the arrival of a new political left that not only protests but plans.
Politics,Nonfiction,Social Issues,Activism,Feminism,Environment,Social Science,Economics,Writing,Essays
The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century