What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract by Minouche Shafik
Books dealing with the social contract often tend to be soothing, even soppy. They quote Rousseau and construct grand theories. Minouche Shafik brilliantly avoids this pitfall, simply defining the social contract as what we can expect, in society, from each other.---Julien Damon, Telos
An intelligent and honest attempt to tackle a broad range of problems---John Phelan, American Experiment
What We Owe Each Other ... articulates why, when, and how government policies can help society reach its goals. Shafik wields her compelling personal experience and a wealth of academic research to argue for a more robust social contract and renewed commitment to shared responsibility. Readers will be left cautiously hopeful that governments can be a force for good and that a better tomorrow is possible.---Andrew Stevens, The Christian Century
Progressive, pragmatic, and deeply empathetic.-- "Fast Company Magazine"
In this intelligent and lucid book, she calls for a new social contract based on three principles: security for all; investment in capability; and efficient and fair sharing of risks.---Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Offer[s] a persuasive diagnosis of the present social malaise and offer[s] plenty of suggestions about what policymakers could do.---Diane Coyle, Financial Times
About The Book
One of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st century
This landmark study by Minouche Shafik, Director of the LSE, draws on evidence from across the globe to show that the social contract - how we pool risks, share resources and balance individual and collective responsibility - shapes not just our wealth and opportunities but the very fabric of our lives. And yet societies everywhere are failing to adapt to the global upheavals of technology, demography and climate, leading to a breakdown in mutual trust the world over.
Brilliantly lucid and accessible, What We Owe Each Other draws on a wealth of evidence and learning to outline the basic principles that every society must adopt to meet these challenges. Reshaping the social contract will have profound implications for gender equality, education, healthcare provision, the role of business and the future of work. This book will equip every reader to understand and play their part in this urgent and necessary transformation.
| Author | Minouche Shafik |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bodley Head |
| Publication date | 2021 A.D |
| Language | English |
| Binding | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781847926890 |
| In the box | Main Unit |