Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	Professional & Technical
Author:	Robert Reich

Reich, former secretary of labor (under the Clinton Administration) and an influential author (The Work of Nations, Locked in the Cabinet) provides a provocative analysis of the new economy and how it is affecting lives. In substance, he argues that the current economic opportunities afforded by new communication, transportation, and information technologies have produced a workforce that is unable to perform individual, family, and community roles effectively in a job market that is frenzied, economically divergent, and socially stratified. The author provides an elegant description of the major differences between what became the standard during the Industrial Age and what is emerging as the standard today. He offers a provocative list of options that individuals, families, and communities might consider as they seek to reestablish a sense of balance in their lives.