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020 _a9783319987545
082 _a330.941086
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100 _aSeaford, Charles
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245 _aWhy capitalists need communists: the politics of flourishing
260 _bPalgrave Macmillan
_c2019
_aCham
300 _avii, 244 p. ill.
_bIncludes bibliographical references and index
440 _aWellbeing in politics and policy
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504 _aTable of content Prologue: Why capitalists need Communists Part I Why we should change 1 Introduction 2 Dystopia and Utopia Part II Why we can change 3 Flourishing and its Role 4 Change in the Past (1) 5 Change in the Past (2) 6 A Stagnant Society? Part III How we can change 7 Planning 8 Redistribution 9 The System’s Limits 10 Structural Change 11 Epilogue: Where Now? Appendix: well-being evidence relevant to economic policy
520 _aBritain faces huge challenges: inequality, public services under constant pressure, climate change - and in the long term, the impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. At the same time, the political and economic elite seem to have reached an impasse: there is a sense that things can only get worse. In Why Capitalists Need Communists, Charles Seaford demonstrates that this need not be, that radical, progressive change is perfectly possible and that the polarisation and nostalgia afflicting us is not inevitable. History shows that it is precisely when the ruling elite loses confidence – which it has – that significant change happens and that new alliances are formed to take over. Tackling the challenges will take planning, redistribution, re-fashioned business and finance, and a new ideology – one which confirms that we really can create the conditions for more people to flourish. But this is not a pipe-dream. This book sets out just how this can come about, based on interviews with over 50 business people, politicians, analysts and activists. Everyone with an interest in the future should read it. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319987545
650 _aGreat Britain - Economic conditions - 21st century
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650 _aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 21st century
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650 _aEconomic history
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650 _aCapitalism - Social aspects
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650 _aComparative government
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650 _aSocial change
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