About the Book:
We’re not just divided—we’re adrift. Strong Floor, No Ceiling presents a bold, radically moderate blueprint to reconnect our fractured country and restore belief in opportunity, fairness, and shared progress.
Entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, and public policy thinker Oliver B. Libby delivers a hopeful yet pragmatic path forward that blends innovation with tradition, growth with equity, and compassion with common sense. If you’re weary of the extremes and the noise and looking for a future grounded in real solutions, this book is your rallying point.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- A new “Strong Floor” approach to healthcare, education, and infrastructure
- How capital markets and innovation can coexist with social safety nets
- A powerful call for civic renewal and shared national
- Strategies to restore trust in institutions and elections
- A practical framework for bipartisan progress
- The launch of a Strong Floor/No Ceiling organization to support candidates who will lead on these principles
We should have a strong floor—made of access to education, healthcare, homes, jobs, capital, and justice—that all our citizens can stand atop. But we cannot afford this without celebrating success, entrepreneurship, and innovation—there should be no ceiling to our aspirations. These ideas may seem like they come from the opposite ends of the political spectrum, but they are fundamentally linked into the engine of the American Dream itself.
If you believe in fairness, freedom, and a future worth fighting for, now is the time to act.
My Review:
This book is full of good ideas but how can they be implemented? Government, business and nonprofits all need to work together and how will that possibly happen?
Libby notes that only 27% believe the American Dream is still a possibility. I understand. He has a plan but I guess I am a pessimist when it comes to books like this one. Great ideas but how can it be implemented? Yes, equal opportunity for work, healthcare, etc. is a lofty plan. Just get this book in the hands of every government official and billionaire entrepreneur and make them read it? Then somehow encourage them to actually do what Libby suggests?
About the Author:
Oliver B. Libby is a civic entrepreneur, businessowner, investor, philanthropist, and policy advocate. He is the co-founder of H/L Ventures and The Resolution Project, helping values-driven leaders build a better future. Libby lives in New York City with his family and believes deeply in the promise of the American Dream.
Advantage Media Group, 344 pages.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent review.
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