SUPERCAPITALISM The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life

Robert Reich's latest book is a wide-ranging discussion of the role of global corporations in today's democracy. Narrator Dick Hill sounds like he's stepped into the skin of the author as he mimics the former secretary of labor's conversational style, professorial expertise, and subtle humor. The energy of the reading is infectious, allowing the listener to take on ideas that might be new--such as the possibility that corporate social responsibility is diversionary and the today's American consumer might have a better deal than today's American citizen. Refreshingly, neither the narrator nor the author gets bogged down in taking himself too seriously--as do many political/economic commentators these days. R.M. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2008]