Rebuild the Dream

Name: Rebuild the Dream
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ISBN: 9781568587417

ISBN-10: 1568587414

ISBN-13: 9781568587417

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Authors: Van Jones

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InRebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government – and reveals why he chose to resign his post as a special advisor to the Obama White House.Jones puts his hard-won lessons to good use, proposing a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy and renew the American Dream. The American Dream means different things to people, but the center of gravity is always the same: an ordinary person—who was not born with great wealth, but who is willing to work hard and play by the rules—should be able to find employment, live in a good…

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List price: $16.99
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 5/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.63" wide x 8.37" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Van Jones is an award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean-energy economy. He is the best-selling author of the books The Green-Collar Economy and Rebuild the Dream. He served as the green jobs advisor to President Obama's White House. Jones is currently a senior fellow at the Center For American Progress and a senior policy advisor at Green For All.



Prologue: There and Back Again


Introduction: Rebuild the Dream For the 99%






The Roots of Hope



From Hope to Heartbreak: The Autopsy



Perfect Swarms: The Rise of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street






The Grid: Heart Space, Head Space, Inside Game, and Outside Game



Swarms: The Outside Game Revisited



Story: The Heart Space Revisited






Occupy the Inside Game



Occupy the Head Space



Occupy the Outside Game



Occupy the Heart Space


Conclusion: America Is Rich and the Dream Still Lives


Acknowledgments


Appendix: Fantasies and Falsehoods


Notes on Sources


Index