Forward
Author: Yang, Andrew
ISBN: 9780593238677
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 10 Jan 2023
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;NATIONAL BESTSELLER P#8226; A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the P#8220;era of institutional failureP#8221; by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be resilient to twenty-first-century problems, from the popular entrepreneur, bestselling author, and political truth-tellerPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A vitally important book.P#8221;P#8212;Mark CubanPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Despite being written off by the media, Andrew YangP#8217;s shoestring 2020 presidential campaignP#8212;powered by his proposal for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all AmericansP#8212;jolted the political establishment, growing into a massive, diverse movement.P#160;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;ForwardPlt;/iPgt;, Yang reveals that UBI and the threat of job automation are only the beginning, diagnosing how a series of cascading problems within our antiquated systems keeps us stuck in the pastP#8212;imperiling our democracy at every level. With AmericaP#8217;s stagnant institutions failing to keep pace with technological change, we grow more polarized as tech platforms supplant our will while feasting on our data. Yang introduces us to the various P#8220;priests of the declineP#8221; of America, including politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people they supposedly serve.P#160;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;The machinery of American democracy is failing, Yang argues, and we need bold new ideas to rewire it for twenty-first-century problems. Inspired by his experience running for office and as an entrepreneur, and by ideas drawn from leading thinkers, Yang offers a series of solutions, including data rights, ranked-choice voting, and fact-based governance empowered by modern technology, writing that P#8220;there is no cavalryP#8221;P#8212;itP#8217;s up to us. This is a powerful and urgent warning that we must step back from the brink and plot a new way forward for our democracy.
ISBN: 9780593238677
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 10 Jan 2023
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;NATIONAL BESTSELLER P#8226; A lively and bold blueprint for moving beyond the P#8220;era of institutional failureP#8221; by transforming our outmoded political and economic systems to be resilient to twenty-first-century problems, from the popular entrepreneur, bestselling author, and political truth-tellerPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; Plt;bPgt;P#8220;A vitally important book.P#8221;P#8212;Mark CubanPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;Despite being written off by the media, Andrew YangP#8217;s shoestring 2020 presidential campaignP#8212;powered by his proposal for a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for all AmericansP#8212;jolted the political establishment, growing into a massive, diverse movement.P#160;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;In Plt;iPgt;ForwardPlt;/iPgt;, Yang reveals that UBI and the threat of job automation are only the beginning, diagnosing how a series of cascading problems within our antiquated systems keeps us stuck in the pastP#8212;imperiling our democracy at every level. With AmericaP#8217;s stagnant institutions failing to keep pace with technological change, we grow more polarized as tech platforms supplant our will while feasting on our data. Yang introduces us to the various P#8220;priests of the declineP#8221; of America, including politicians whose incentives have become divorced from the people they supposedly serve.P#160;Plt;brPgt;P#160;Plt;brPgt;The machinery of American democracy is failing, Yang argues, and we need bold new ideas to rewire it for twenty-first-century problems. Inspired by his experience running for office and as an entrepreneur, and by ideas drawn from leading thinkers, Yang offers a series of solutions, including data rights, ranked-choice voting, and fact-based governance empowered by modern technology, writing that P#8220;there is no cavalryP#8221;P#8212;itP#8217;s up to us. This is a powerful and urgent warning that we must step back from the brink and plot a new way forward for our democracy.
