Getting America Unstuck

Steven Howard Johnson has written this book to raise a question: ';If America truly knew what it was doing, what would be different?' - and to offer an answer: ';Our civic ethos would illuminate our responsibilities; our craftsmanship would guide our solutions.' With a BA from Harvard, an MBA from Stanford, and years of consulting work, Johnson has been trained by experience to profile the clash between ';What Is' and ';What Might Be' in almost any situation. This quest has produced a consistent finding: America's pundits and public intellectuals are skilled at rationalizing ';What Is' but repeatedly unable to illuminate ';What Might Be;' Americas stuckness is therefore no surprise. If America is to realize its higher promise, argues Johnson, it will turn its attention to ';What Might Be' and will focus on fulfilling its larger responsibilities.