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Today, For Good Or Ill, People Are Thinking About Many Social Problems From The Standpoint Of Their Own Kitchen Tables. I Think The Way To Begin A Conversation With People About What's Going On Is To Address Their Daily Experiences, And What Their Fears And Frustrations, As Well As Their Exhilarations, Are.

We Are Now Enjoying The Liberation That Comes With Not Having To Be Organization Men And Women, And That's Fabulous. But There Are New Social Consequences Here Of Which We Need To Be Aware, And The Sale Of The Self And What That Entails For The Rest Of Our Lives Is Quite Sobering.

When Top Executives Get Huge Pay Hikes At The Same Time As Middle-level And Hourly Workers Lose Their Jobs And Retirement Savings, Or Have To Accept Negligible Pay Raises And Cuts In Health And Pension Benefits, Company Morale Plummets. I Hear It All The Time From Employees: This Company, They Say, Is Being Run Only For The Benefit Of The People At The Top. So Why Should We Put In Extra Effort, Commit Extra Hours, Take On Extra Responsibilities? We'll Do The Minimum, Even Cut Corners. This Is Often The Death Knell Of A Company.

Cynicism Is The Last Refuge Of Those Who Don't Want To Do The Work Of Creating A Better Society.

Globalization And Free Trade Do Spur Economic Growth, And They Lead To Lower Prices On Many Goods.