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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From political economist, cabinet member, beloved professor, media presence, and bestselling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, a deeply felt, compelling memoir of growing up in a baby-boom America that made progress in certain areas, fell short in so many important ways,…
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The author uses his height (4’11”) as a political commentary and a comparison In tracing his involvement in the political process.
Coming Up Short is a memoir by Robert Reich, who was Secretary of Labor under President Clinton. He advised other presidents on labor matters and writes from his vast experience fighting for American workers over many decades. He writes from his personal and professional experience fighting against bullies and advocating for workers and their families. He foresaw the the rise of oligarchs that we have today and the widening income gap between the one percent of wealthy Americans and everyone else in the U.S. This is an inside view, spiced with many anecdotes, of our current political situation and how…
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