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  • The Future of Capitalism

  • Facing the New Anxieties
  • Written by: Paul Collier
  • Narrated by: Peter Noble
  • Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)

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The Future of Capitalism

Written by: Paul Collier
Narrated by: Peter Noble
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From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it.

Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of the US and other Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was crucial to the rise of post-war social democracy. So far, these rifts have been answered only by the revivalist ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit, and the return of the far right in Germany. We have heard many critiques of capitalism, but no one has laid out a realistic way to fix it, until now.

In a passionate and polemical audiobook, celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts - economic, social, and cultural - with the cool head of pragmatism rather than the fervor of ideological revivalism. He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides, moving from working-class Sheffield to hypercompetitive Oxford and working between Britain and Africa, and acknowledges some of the failings of his profession.

Drawing on his own solutions as well as ideas from some of the world’s most distinguished social scientists, he shows us how to save capitalism from itself - and free ourselves from the intellectual baggage of the 20th century.

©2018 Paul Collier (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

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Smart analysis. Well narrated. Too verbose.

The author shares remarkable insight into the history and mechanisms of capitalism. He also offers some interesting proposals to steer it back onto a course that favours most of the people and not just the upper crust.

Though the author claims to address this book to the average citizen, it may be difficult for a large portion of the target audience to fully grasp due to the highly academic language used.

Worth a listen. Keep your dictionary close.

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