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_aSeaford, Charles _9404686 |
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_bPalgrave Macmillan _c2019 _aCham |
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_avii, 244 p. ill. _bIncludes bibliographical references and index |
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_aWellbeing in politics and policy _9404687 |
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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 | ||
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_aGreat Britain - Economic conditions - 21st century _9404827 |
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_aGreat Britain - Politics and government - 21st century _9404828 |
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_aEconomic history _91877 |
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_aCapitalism - Social aspects _995452 |
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_aComparative government _92098 |
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