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Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress

by Rethinking Society for the 21st Century: Report of the International Panel on Social Progress (2018)

Abstract

[From publisher] This is the first of three volumes containing a report from the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). The IPSP is an independent association of top research scholars with the goal of assessing methods for improving the main institutions of modern societies. Written in accessible language by scholars across the social sciences and humanities, these volumes assess the achievements of world societies in past centuries, the current trends, the dangers that we are now facing, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century. It covers the main socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social progress, global as well as regional issues, and the diversity of challenges and their interplay around the world. This particular volume covers topics such as economic inequality and growth, finance and corporations, labor, capitalism, and social justice.

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Politics, International Relations, Economics, Political Economy, Transformations, Welfare, Capitalism, Social Justice, Well-Being

Themes

Capitalism

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