Can a market economy based on equality and sustainability be a realistic alternative to an economy based on greed and exploitation?
Societal grand challenges have taken a toll on humanity, which finds itself at a crossroads. The concentration of wealth and economic inequality, the dominance of Big Tech firms, the loss of privacy and free choice, and the overconsumption and abuse of natural resources have been reinforced by globalization. Regulation, legislation, international treaties, and government and corporate policies have fallen short of offering sufficient remedies. The author of this book identifies the root cause of this crisis and offers a bold solution: a new economic system that relies on ethical exchange that facilitates cooperation within communities.
The book illustrates the principles that this new system will have to adopt to promote community self-sufficiency, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, while limiting excessive consumption, the pursuit of personal gain and exploitation of various stakeholders. It is a valuable reading for policy-makers and managers who seek solutions to some of the grand challenges of our time, such as economic inequality, resource shortages and supply chain disruptions.
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication date: February 2023
- EAN: 9781032370651
- ISBN: 9781032370651
- Pages: xvi + 268
- Format: paper, ebook
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