New Economic and Societal Systems Reader
- Book: The New Systems Reader: Alternatives to a Failed Economy. Edited By James Gustave Speth, Kathleen Courrier. Routledge, 2020
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Description
"The recognition is growing: truly addressing the problems of the 21st century requires going beyond small tweaks and modest reforms to business as usual—it requires "changing the system." But what does this mean? And what would it entail? The New Systems Reader highlights some of the most thoughtful, substantive, and promising answers to these questions, drawing on the work and ideas of some of the world’s key thinkers and activists on systemic change. Amid the failure of traditional politics and policies to address our fundamental challenges, an increasing number of thoughtful proposals and real-world models suggest new possibilities, this book convenes an essential conversation about the future we want."
Contents
Preface – James Gustave Speth
1 | Social Democracy and Radical Localism
Chapter 1: Social Democratic Capitalism: The Nordic Experience and Beyond – Lane Kenworthy
Chapter 2: The Good Society 2.0 – Henning Meyer
Chapter 3: The Promise of a Million Utopias – Michael H. Shuman
2 | New System Values
Chapter 4: The Economy for the Common Good: A Workable, Transformative, Ethics-Based Alternative – Christian Felber and Gus Hagelberg
Chapter 5: A Civic Economy of Provisions – Marvin T. Brown
Chapter 6: Whole Systems Change: A Framework and First Steps for Social/Economic Transformation – Riane Eisler