Coming Up Short

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, and still has lots of work to do. A thought-provoking, principled, clear-eyed chronicle of the culture, politics, and economic choices that have landed us where we are today&mdash,with irresponsible economic bullies and corporations with immense wealth and lobbying power on top, demagogues on the rise, and increasing inequality fueling anger and hatred across the country. Nine months after World War II, Robert Reich was born into a united America with a bright future&mdash,that went unrealized for so many as big money took over our democracy. His encounter with school bullies on account of his height&mdash,4&rsquo,11&rdquo, as an adult&mdash,set him on a determined path to spend his life fighting American bullies of every sort. He recounts the death of a friend in the civil rights movement, his political coming of age witnessing the Berkeley free speech movement, working for Bobby Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy, experiencing a country torn apart by the Vietnam War, meeting Hillary Rodham in college, Bill Clinton at Oxford, and Clarence Thomas at Yale Law. He details his friendship with John Kenneth Galbraith during his time teaching at Harvard, and subsequent friendships with Bernie Sander
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