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The recent monetary problems was a dramatic reminder that capitalism can both produce and destroy. It's a system that by its very character encourages predators and designers, locusts and bees. But, as Geoff Mulgan argues in this compelling, imaginative, and important publication, the economic problems also reveals a historic chance to choose a radically different future for capitalism, the one which maximizes its creative electric power and minimizes its destructive force. In an interesting and wide-ranging argument, Mulgan digs into the history of capitalism around the world showing its animating ideas, its utopias and dystopias, as well as its contradictions and possibilities. Pulling on a subtle construction for understanding systemic change, he shows how new political settlements reshaped capitalism in the past and are likely to do so in the future. By reconnecting value to real-life ideas of growth, he argues, efficiency and entrepreneurship can be harnessed to promote better lives and connections rather than simply a growth in the quantity of material consumption. Health care, education, and green industries already are becoming dominant industries in the wealthier economies, and the areas of social invention, business, and investment are quickly getting into the mainstream--all signals of how capital could be made more of a servant and less a get better at. This is a book for anyone who amazing things where capitalism might be heading next--and who wants to help make sure that its future avoids the errors of the past.
