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Review: The Hidden Wealth of Nations
Review: The Politics of HappinessโWhat Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Review: The Health of NationsโSociety and Law beyond the State
Phi Beta Iota: The Founding Fathers of the United STATES of America included the “pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence.ย This was not frivolous.ย Wikipedia provides a superb concise discussion of how to interpret happiness in “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Our own interpretation, to which the below books have contributed, is that happiness is construed in two distinct aspects:
First, that each person find their fullest potential and live to that potential; and
Second, that each person be nurtured to their fullest potential within a harmonious community, or “fraternite.”
Happiness, like trust, lowers the cost to society of everything.
Review DVD John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
Review: The Thirteen American ArgumentsโEnduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
Review: The Idea that is AmericaโKeeping Faith With Our Values in a Dangerous World
Review: Peaceful Positive RevolutionโEconomic Security for Every American
Review: GroundswellโWinning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies
Review: Here Comes EverybodyโThe Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Review: The Ecology of CommerceโA Declaration of Sustainability
Review: The Compassionate InstinctโThe Science of Human Goodness
Review: NonzeroโThe Logic of Human Destiny
Review: The Way of the WorldโA Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
Review: The Nine Nations of North America
Review: Secession, State, and Liberty
Review: Losing AmericaโConfronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
Review: At War with OurselvesโWhy America Is Squandering Its Chance to Build a Better World
Review: Soft Despotism, Democracyโs Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect
Review: Anthropologists in the Public SphereโSpeaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power
Review: Unspeakable TruthsโFacing the Challenges of Truth Commissions (Paperback)
Review: Acts of GodโThe Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America
Review: The End of AmericaโLetter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Review: TYRANNICIDE The Story of the Second American Revolution
Review: Daydream BelieversโHow a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power
Review: The Celestine Prophecy
Review: The leadership of civilization buildingโAdministrative and civilization theory, symbolic dialogue, and citizen skills for the 21st century
Review: Finding Our WayโLeadership for an Uncertain Time (Hardcover)
Review: Pedagogy of FreedomโEthics, Democracy, and Civic Courage