GLOBAL VALUES 101

Sixteen activists and best-selling authors offer a lively, informal introduction to values we can live by. Global Values 101 grew out of one of the most popular courses ever offered at Harvard University, in which some of the most original thinkers of our day sat down with students and explored how ideas have made them-and can make us-more engaged, involved, and compassionate citizens. In these engrossing, essay-length interviews, which address the topics of war, religion, the global economy, and social change, Amy Goodman, host of the popular radio program Democracy Now, speaks about the role of the independent media as gatekeeper and witness, Lani Guinier, author of Tyranny of the Majority, reveals that students SAT scores more accurately describe the kind of car their parents drive than the grades they will earn in college and shows the way to a more equitable college admissions system, Howard Zinn, author of A Peoples History of the United States, explores the American Dream and exposes the myth of the good war, economist Juliet Schor, author of Born to Buy and The Overspent American, explains why Americans are willing to sacrifice quality of life to attain financial success, former mall rat Naomi Klein, author of No Logo