▁called ▁that ▁tradition ▁into ▁question , ▁Un ger ▁and ▁West ▁present ▁a ▁plan ▁for ▁increasing ▁economic ▁equality ▁and ▁deep ening ▁dem ocracy ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁better ▁ful fill s ▁the ▁promises ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁religion ▁of ▁possibility . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁received ▁largely ▁positive ▁reviews . ▁According ▁to ▁Kirk us ▁Re views , ▁Un ger ▁and ▁West ▁ ▁call ▁for ▁dem ocrat izing ▁the ▁market ▁economy ▁and ▁energ izing ▁representative ▁dem ocracy ▁by ▁un le ash ing ▁the ▁cre ative ▁ab ilities ▁of ▁Americans . ▁For ▁we ' ve ▁always ▁been ▁t ink er ers , ▁people ▁willing ▁to ▁experiment ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁better ▁way .... ▁Their ▁concerns ▁include ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁money ▁on ▁politics . ▁While ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁this ▁influence ▁was ▁" san ct ified ▁by ▁the ▁jud ici ary ▁as ▁if ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁money ▁to ▁talk ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁were ▁a ▁principle ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁wrong ," ▁it ▁is ▁now ▁time ▁for ▁government ▁to ▁stop ▁u ph old ing ▁this ▁dis mal ▁system ▁and ▁start ▁innov ating ▁with ▁public ▁finan cing . ▁In ▁a ▁country ▁where ▁many ▁Democr ats ▁asp ire ▁to ▁be ▁nothing ▁more ▁than ▁gener ous ▁Republic ans , ▁they ▁maintain , ▁this ▁sort ▁of ▁re - emer gent ▁progress iv ism ▁is ▁needed ▁to ▁introduce ▁a ▁do se ▁of ▁American ▁cre ativity . ▁A ▁bold ▁political ▁analysis ▁that ▁should ▁insp ire ▁public ▁life ▁but , ▁al as , ▁probably ▁will ▁not . ▁ ▁Another ▁la ud atory ▁review ▁came ▁from ▁Mark