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Book SynopsisWhat would happen, ask the authors of this text, if America were to make good its promise of equal opportunity by granting every qualifying young adult a citizen's stake of 80,000 dollars? They analyze this initiative from moral, political, economic, legal and human perspectives.
Trade Review"A serious, smart book, which also functions as a cogent critique of the inequality of opportunity that has become a given in modern America." New Yorker "A Big New Idea so bold in its simplicity, so pure in its claims to justice,...that the only shock is that it is certain to get a hearing as the fight to fix Social Security heats up this year." Matthew Miller, New York Times Magazine "The new century needs political and social innovation even more than it needs business innovation. The authors have done well what intellectuals are supposed, but are seldom bold enough, to do: innovate ideas about important social issues." Jack Beatty, Atlantic Monthly "A big idea like this is significant because it can reframe the public debate. It can change the prevailing assumptions. Eventually, it can change the course of the nation." Robert Reich, Former Secretary of Labor, Washington Post
