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Robert Reich
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Coming Up Short
: A Memoir of My America
Robert Reich
2025
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Vectors of Inflation
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The Disastrous Legacy of the New Democrats
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Why Trump Isn't a Fascist
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The Long Roots of Corporate Irresponsibility
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The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz
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The Voluntarism Fantasy
Conservatives dream of returning to a world where private charity fulfilled all public needs. But that world never existed, and we're better for it.
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