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“It’s the end of the world as we’ve known it,” Kurt Andersen writes in Reset, “but it isn’t the end of the world.” In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, Andersen–a brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical and cultural trends, explains why the current economic crisis is actually an historic moment of great opportunity to get ourselves and the nation back on track.

"In this provocative and insightful book Kurt Andersen has given us a blueprint for what can be a new way of seeing America as a land of opportunity and sound values."
                                                                                                       --Tom Brokaw

ONE OF THE 10 BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE READ IN 2009

                                       --AdAge magazine

ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

                                       --Heeb magazine

"INFLUENTIAL"

                                       --Huffington Post

"MANIFESTO FOR RENEWAL...WITH A HEAVYWEIGHT PUNCH "

                                       --USA Today

"INSPIRED AND INSPIRING"

                                       --BoingBoing

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MEDIA COVERAGE
• Advertising Age
• American Management Association
• Big Think

• Bloggingheads.tv

• Bloomberg

• Boing-Boing
• Change Observer

• Charlie Rose

• The Colbert Report
• Forbes.com
• Tom Friedman at Grinnell College
• Jeff Greenfield on The CBS Evening News

• Marketplace
• Mediaite

• Metro News

• Morning Joe

• Nashville Tennesseean

• NYTimes.com

• The Onion
• the Today show
• Yahoo

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✈ Upcoming appearances

❧ RESET READINGS, INTERVIEWS & ETC.

» WATCH Kurt's conversation with Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report

» LISTEN to Kurt's conversation with the American Management Association, and READ an abridged transcript

» READ Kurt's conversation with the Freakonomics blogger at NYTimes.com

» WATCH Kurt's conversation with Charlie Rose

» WATCH Kurt's conversation on Morning Joe about Reset with Mika Brzezinski, Mike Barnicle and Arianna Huffington

» READ a conversation about Reset and Life Inc. between Kurt and Douglas Rushkoff

» WATCH a conversation about Reset between Kurt and Meredith Vieira on Today

» WATCH a conversation about Reset between Kurt and the Cato Institute's Will Wilkinson on Bloggingheads.tv

» READ excerpts from Reset on Today's MSNBC site and The Daily Beast

• LISTEN to Kurt discuss Reset on Think (KERA public radio, Dallas), St. Louis On the Air (KMWU public radio) and KIRO (Seattle)

» WATCH Kurt's talk about the history of American inflection points at Google's Zeigeist Conference

Reviews of RESET
Advertising Age: "Andersen seems a natural to distill the zeitgeist. Optimism runs through every page."

BoingBoing: "Inspired and inspiring."

USA Today: "A bantamweight book with a heavyweight punch. A manifesto for American renewal."

The Onion: "'History tends to rhyme, not repeat,' and this financial meltdown just might create a better nation in its wake.”

Metro News : "Very hopeful...a fast and interesting read."

Ken Kobre: "Highly recommended. Stuffed with original and provocative ideas."

Jon Taplin: "Wonderful."

Ink-Drained Kvetch: "So sensible, so rational, so remarkably sane."

The Captive American: "Excellent...A telling collection of historical facts."

Harrisburg Magazine : "Stimulating,  wry, insightful."

Doug Powell: "Exquisitely clear-headed...surprisingly hopeful ...relevant to entrepreneurs."

Battle Creek Enquirer: "A jolt to the zeitgeist of the moment. It has political verve and a firm belief."