The power of progress : how America's progressives can (once again) save our economy, our climate, and our country / John Podesta with John Halpin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-228) and index.

Lesson 1: progressives stand with people, not privilege -- Lesson 2: progressives believe in the common good, and a government that offers a hand up -- Lesson 3.: progressives hold that all people are equal in the eyes of God and under the law -- Lesson 4: progressives stand for universal human rights and cooperative global security -- Progressivism versus conservatism -- Bill Clinton: a modern progressive -- George W. Bush: a disastrous conservative -- Applying progressive values to twenty-first-century global challenges -- Solving the global warming crisis -- Restoring the American dream in a global economy -- Creating sustainable security for America and the world.