Supercapitalism
By Robert Reich
Knopf ($25)

Robert Reich, secretary of labour under Bill Clinton, professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and irrepressible political pundit, sets out to answer these questions in his thoughtful and often surprising new book: “Why has capitalism become so triumphant and democracy so enfeebled? Are these two trends connected? What, if anything, can be done to strengthen democracy?”