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“We “bowl alone,” as sociologist Robert Putnam has put it. Yet this fails to account for a monumental shift in whom we join and for what. We still join together, but now we join for services too expensive to purchase alone—child care, the schools our children attend, recreational facilities, and security...”

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The Common Good

This book delves into the philosophical and political implications of the common good, analyzing its role in shaping social policies and collective values across different eras and cultures. more

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Robert B. Reich

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