Online Synopsis:

"Today, the United States is in a crisis—and it’s not just a political one: over fifty years, the pursuit of profit has undermined virtue and character, while too many of us have become convinced that happiness results from acting as good consumers, rather than as good citizens. New technologies threaten essential human capabilities, like friendship, thinking, and creation. And a winner-takes-all mentality has given the rich and well-connected nearly uncontested control of our politics and has corrupted our government. The result: Americans have lost the sense of daily purpose and connection that are vital to happiness, becoming anxious, angry, and adrift. In this vacuum, Donald Trump, feeding off the emptiness and resentment, has come to power.

In recent years, Senator Chris Murphy has stepped forward to challenge the Trump administration’s assaults on our democracy. But he also sees that these assaults are a symptom of a deeper crisis: the abandonment of the common good as our country’s organizing principle. In his unflinching new book, he draws on history and political philosophy to expose how six different cults have seized hold of American life and paved the way to our current troubles: a cult of profit that punishes workers, a cult of globalism that weakens communities, a cult of technology that turns us against one another and poisons our young, a cult of consumption that undermines citizenship, a cult of credentialism that devalues those without degrees, and a cult of corruption that threatens democracy."

Fully titled, Crisis of the Common Good : The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.  Authored by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, FIRST PRINTING (number line ends in 1), published in 2026 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.  Overall in VERY GOOD CONDITION, with the main wear issue being that this was found in a "Free Library" and has a Free Library previous owner stamp on front free endpaper.  That has left an ink impression on the dust jacket flap - see listing photo.  No further wear issues - dust jacket pristine, boards pristine, no interior marks in 289 clean and solidly bound pages except for FLAT SIGNATURE OF CHRIS MURPHY IN A PRINTED BOX ON THE SECOND ENDPAPER SUPPLIED BY THE PUBLISHER FOR THE PURPOSE HERE (AUTHOR SIGNATURE) OR FOR USE BY THE OWNER OF THE BOOK.  The signature has not been authenticated but I presume it's authentic.  One or two signatures of his can be found online, and they are consistent with this one.

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