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The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government

Product Description Product DescriptionAmerican democracy is informed by the 18th century’s most cutting edge thinking on society, economics, and government. We’ve learned some things in the intervening 230 years about self interest, social behaviors, and how the world works. Now, authors Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer argue that some fundamental assumptions about citizenship, society, economics, and government need updating. For many years the dominant metaphor for understanding markets and government has been the machine. Liu and Hanauer view democracy not as a machine, but as a garden. A successful garden functions according to the inexorable tendencies of nature, but it also requires goals, regular tending, and an understanding of connected ecosystems. The latest ideas from science, social science, and economics?€”the cutting-edge ideas of today--generate these simple but revolutionary ideas:True self interest is mutual interest. Society becomes how we behave. We’re all better off when we’re all better off. Government should be about the big what and the little how. Freedom is responsibility. The Gardens of Democracy? is an optimistic, provocative, and timely summons to improve our role as citizens in a democratic society.

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