ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the vacuum-to offer ideas and strategies for progressive reform, grounded in the concerns that working Americans express and the challenges that the country faces. It discusses into four major sections. The book outlines the progressive argument on the political economy. It focuses on the renewing and extension of America's social contract, the guarantees that we make one to another. The book also focuses on shaping the future, addresses one of the looming new challenges that the country faces in the coming decade: the transition to environmentally sustainable growth. It emphasises on empowerment, discusses central challenges to political renewal. The book offers an idea of the kinds of efforts that will be vital to reclaim America for all Americans.
