Progressive Capitalism

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781982163358 Author(s): Ro Khanna Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 384

Description: Congressman Ro Khanna offers a revolutionary, âprogressiveâ (James J. Heckman, Nobel Prize winner and professor of economics at the University of Chicago) roadmap to facing Americaâs digital divide, offering greater economic prosperity to all. In Khannaâs vision, âjust as people can move to technology, technology can move to peopleâ (from the foreword by Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics) where âKhanna envisions redistributing opportunities from coastal cities to rural middle-Americaâ¦An exciting vision, brilliantly rendered.â (Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land).Unequal access to technology and the revenue it creates is one of the most pressing issues in the United States. An economic gulf exists between those who have struck gold in the tech industry and those left behind by the digital revolution; a geographic divide between those in the coastal tech industry and those in the heartland whose jobs have been automated; and existing inequalities in the technological accessâstudents without computers, rural workers with spotty WiFi, and many workers without the luxury to work remotely. Congressman Ro Khannaâs Progressive Capitalism tackles these challenges head-on and imagines how the digital economy can create opportunities for people across the country without uprooting them. Anchored by an approach Khanna calls âprogressive capitalism,â he shows how democratizing access to tech can strengthen every sector of economy and culture. By expanding technological jobs nationwide through public and private partnerships, we can close the wealth gap in America and begin to repair the fractured, distrusting relationships that have plagued our country for fall too long. Inspired by his own story born into an immigrant family, Khanna understands how economic opportunity can c