The State of the Nation: Government and the Quest for a Better Society

In this Scholarly Bestseller, Derek Bok (President Emeritus of Harvard University), provides an eloquent assessment of how America has fared in economic prosperity, quality of life, equality of opportunity, personal security, and societal values. This provocative work offers a clear account of why, in a nation so prosperous, free, and stable, we tend to assume that the country is in dire straits and that the government can do little to help.