The Alternative

Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed: a provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. 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. 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....