{"product_id":"the-guarantee-inside-the-fight-for-americas-next-economy-9781620978467","title":"The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America's Next Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a foreword by Angela Garbes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the president of the Economic Security Project, a book that shows how a just future is around the corner, if we are ready to seize it\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guarantee \u003c\/i\u003easks us to imagine an America where housing, health care, a college education, dignified work, family care, an inheritance, and an income floor are not only attainable by all but guaranteed, by our government, for everyone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut isn't this pie-in-the-sky thinking? Not by a long shot, as this provocative new book reveals. As it stands, our current economic system is chock full of government-backed guarantees, from bailouts to bankruptcy protection, to keep the private sector in business. So why can't the same be true for the rest of us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project, has had a front-row seat to the dramatic leaps forward in government guarantees over the past decade, from student debt relief to the child tax credit expansion. Her brilliantly sketched vision for a new Guarantee Framework is rooted in real life experiences, collaborations with some of today's most important activists and visionaries, and a concrete sense of the policies that are possible--and ready to implement--in twenty-first-century America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guarantee\u003c\/i\u003e is the rare book that will shift the terms of debate, moving us from the expired and defunct assumptions of no-guardrails capitalism to a nation that works for all of its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Foster \u003c\/b\u003eis a leading architect of the movement to build an inclusive and resilient economy. She is the president and co-founder of Economic Security Project and an Aspen Institute Fellow, and her work and writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/em\u003e, CNN, and \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e. Natalie speaks regularly on economic security, the future of work, and the new political economy. An unstoppable builder, Natalie previously founded the sharing economy community Peers and co-founded Rebuild the Dream with Van Jones, and served as Digital Director for President Obama's Organizing for America--a leading partner in winning transformative healthcare reform. A daughter of a preacher from Kansas, Natalie draws on the values of community, dignity, and optimism to build a better America. \u003cem\u003eThe Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America's Next Economy\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press) is her first book. She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and two kids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50581469266194,"sku":"9781620978467","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_677bff07-f0d8-4e8c-b522-2e984ffa77d0.jpg?v=1732015476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-guarantee-inside-the-fight-for-americas-next-economy-9781620978467","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}