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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best explanation of my views on the world that I've ever read. Reich hits the nail on the head again and again. This is a must-read for anyone who loves this country and wants to bring civility and reason back to the forefront of the American discussion.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My least favorite Robert Reich book. Although, I did donate $20 to Christine Gregoire's campaign as a result of reading it . . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Told me what I already know, but it was well written.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Incorporates strong historical and political insight with well-taken criticism of America's right wing.  Nonetheless, it's naive for Mr. Reich to imagine that progressive politics will gain the upper hand by virtue of all the good reasons for embracing them.  America didn't start leaning left until ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44684486">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book basically explains how the Neoconservative arguments are not based in reason.  And how, eventually, people would reject Neoconservatism, because Americans are generally reasonable people.<br/><br/>Turns out Reich was right.<br/> <br/>I read this book because my dad recommended it, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3482846">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while but the main message I took from this book is that society is a collective force, we are all in it together. Education is the key to advancing society and when that slips, everything tumbles behind it. I didn't agree with everything, but Reich made his case in a compelling and thou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28617780">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The brash title aside, it's a good book. I picked it up on a whim expecting it to be a mud-slinging hateful political book. But the author has a good head on his shoulders. He's not enraged or malicious or dirty. Probably due to the fact that he's pretty aged, I mean, he was in the Carter Administra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11426707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Robert Reich is the most important voice for liberals. He doesn't scream, he doesn't lie, he doesn't pander. He's a thinker and a doer. He's rational, he listens, and he compromises. I wish Clinton had listened to Reich more often than he did.]]></body>
    
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