THE WORK OF NATIONS ALSO BY ROBERT B. REICH The Resurgent Liberal Tales of a New America The Power of Public Ideas (editor and co-author) New Deals: The Chrysler Revival and the American System (with john D. Donahue) The Next American Frontier Minding America's Business (with lm Magazinefr) THE WORK OF NATIONS to Preparing Ourselves r 21"-Century Capitalism ROBERT B. REICH s as s I M O N C H U S T E R LONDON-SYDNEY-NEW YOBKTOKYO-SINGAPORE -TORONTO First published in Great Britain by Simon $c Schuster Ltd in 1991 A Paramount Communications Company © Copyright Robert B. Reich, 1991 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. Simon $c Schuster Ltd West Garden Place Kendal Street London W2 2AQ Simon & Schuster of Australia Pty Ltd Sydney A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-671-71081-8 Typeset in Baskerville Printed and bound in Great Britain by Butler 8c Tanner Ltd, Frome I of To the memory Frances Freshman Patriotism is easy to understand. . . . It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. CALVIN COOLIDGE