The United States is supposed to offer economic opportunity to everyone. It shouldn’t take a worldwide pandemic and nationwide protests to bring economic and racial inequality to the forefront of problems we desperately need to solve. But now that the opportunity is here, what should we do? How can we create more equality, opportunity, and growth for everyone? Not someday, but what can government and the private sector do right now to disrupt a status quo that almost everyone wants to change?

In Common Sense, the New York Times best-selling author Joel Greenblatt offers an investor’s perspective on building an economy that truly works for everyone. With dry wit and engaging storytelling, he makes a lively and provocative case for disruptive new approaches―some drawn from personal experience, some from the outside looking in. How can leading corporations immediately disrupt our education establishment while creating high-paying job opportunities for those currently left behind? If we want a living wage for everyone, how can we afford it while using an existing program to get it done now? If we subsidize banks, what simple changes can we make to the way we capitalize and regulate them to help grow the economy, increase access, and create more jobs (while keeping the risks and benefits where they belong)? Greenblatt also explains how dramatically increasing immigration would be like giving every American a giant bonus and the reason Australia might be the best place to learn about saving for retirement.

Not everyone will agree with what Greenblatt has to say―but all of us can benefit from the conversations he aims to start.

美国应该为每个人提供经济机会。我们不应该通过一场全球性的大流行和全国性的抗议活动，将经济和种族不平等问题推到我们迫切需要解决的问题的最前沿。但现在机会来了，我们该怎么办？我们如何才能为每个人创造更多的平等、机会和增长？不是某一天，但政府和私营部门现在能做些什么来打破几乎所有人都想改变的现状？
从常识上讲，《纽约时报》畅销书作者乔尔·格林布拉特（Joel Greenblatt）为投资者提供了一个关于建立真正适合所有人的经济的视角。凭借干练的智慧和引人入胜的故事讲述，他为颠覆性的新方法提供了一个生动而富有煽动性的案例——有些来自个人经验，有些来自外部，有些来自内部。领先的企业如何能立即扰乱我们的教育体系，同时为那些目前留守的人创造高薪的就业机会？如果我们想让每个人都有一份生活工资，我们怎么能负担得起，同时利用现有的计划来完成它呢？如果我们对银行进行补贴，我们可以对银行的资本化和监管方式进行哪些简单的改变，以帮助经济增长、增加就业机会和创造更多的就业机会（同时将风险和收益保持在它们所属的位置）？格林布拉特还解释了急剧增加的移民人数就像给每个美国人一笔巨额奖金，以及为什么澳大利亚可能是学习退休储蓄的最佳地方。
不是每个人都同意格林布拉特的话，但我们所有人都可以从他打算开始的对话中获益。