http://www.truthdig.com/benjamin_barber Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-09-11T08:00:38+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090910_benjamin_r_barber_on_alan_wolfes_the_future_of_liberalism/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090910_benjamin_r_barber_on_alan_wolfes_the_future_of_liberalism/ alan wolfe, benjamin r. barber, book, liberalism, review, the future of liberalism, Book Review

Can liberalism be rescued from those who equate it with treason, terrorism, evil and even a mental disorder?

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Can an overheated market remedy an underachieving democracy?  Can the public interest be served by an economic engine in which corporate rivals use government to quash their competitors?  These and other questions are the subject of a provocative new book by Robert Reich, labor secretary under President Clinton.  Benjamin Barber, author of “Jihad vs. McWorld” and “Consumed,” takes a close look at Reich’s argument.

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