{"product_id":"the-alternative-how-to-build-a-just-economy-9781541701595","title":"The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinners Take All\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with the right incentives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But a growing number of people - academic economists, business owners, policy entrepreneurs, and ordinary people - are rejecting these myths and reshaping economies around the world to reflect ethical and social values. Though they differ in approach, all share a vision of the economy as a place of moral action and accountability. Journalist Nick Romeo has spent years covering the world's most innovative economic and policy ideas for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Romeo takes us on an extraordinary journey through the unforgettable stories and successes of people working to build economies that are more equal, just, and livable. Combining original, in-depth reporting with expert analysis, Romeo explores: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The successful business owners organizing their companies as purpose trusts (as Patagonia recently did) to fulfill a higher mission, such as sharing profits with workers or protecting the environment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The growing deployment of new models by venture capital funds to promote wealth creation for the poorest Americans and address climate change. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How Oslo's climate budgeting program is achieving the emission reduction targets the rest of the world continues to miss, creating a model that will soon be emulated by governments around the world \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How Portugal strengths democratic culture by letting citizens make crucial budget decisions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The way worker ownership and cooperatives foster innovation, share wealth, and improve the quality of jobs, offering an increasingly popular model superior to the traditional corporation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The public-sector marketplace that offers decent work and real protections to gig workers in California \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The job guarantee program in southern Austria that offers high-quality meaningful jobs to every citizen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Many books have exposed what's not working in our current system. Romeo reveals something even more essential: the structure of a system that could actually work for everyone. Margaret Thatcher was wrong: there is an alternative. This is what it looks like. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541701595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Romeo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43291183612085,"sku":"9781541701595","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9240e188-58fc-4996-960f-0fd20b940eee.jpg?v=1700541687","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-alternative-how-to-build-a-just-economy-9781541701595","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}