The Raging 2020s

Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future

The Raging 2020s
Alec Ross
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h234 x 153mm - 336pg
16 Sep 2021 UK
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9781787635425
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Huge corporations are acting like nations, global wealth is going to billionaires and ordinary people are suffering. It' s set to be a rocky decade - but we can fix it. As the market consolidates under fewer and larger companies, it' s increasingly in the interest of private companies to behave like nations. And when the government is bogged down in bureaucratic negotiations and culture wars, people begin to look to nimble, powerful companies to solve these problems - and to be our moral standard-bearers. It shouldn' t be like this. Ross weaves interviews with the world' s most influential thinkers with fascinating stories of corporate activism and malfeasance, government failure and renewal, and innovative economic and political models being implemented around the world, to propose a new social contract - one that benefits workers and everyday citizens in the face of unprecedented global change.
Government has ceded authority to corporations, which naturally act in their own interest rather than for the common good. . . A provocative, well-made case. * Kirkus * Alec Ross fearlessly confronts one of the fundamental concerns of our time: fixing the broken social contract between people, business, and government. His book will challenge you to rethink some of your assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and globalization. -- Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast WorkLife Alec Ross is a keen analyst and brilliant storyteller. The Raging 2020s introduces us to the people whose lives are blighted by unconscionable policies and concentrations of power, helping us understand and indeed share the rage that fuels many 21st century political movements. Best of all, Ross is willing to speak truth to power in recommending a set of bold but realistic solutions. -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America, and Bert G. Kerstetter ' 66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University A gripping, illuminating chronicle that provides a wonderful birds-eye view from the heights of government and international business, that solidifies Ross' s position among the most visionary of global thinkers on the future of technology and its implications, and that also is an amazingly enjoyable, page-turning read! -- General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA and former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan The future is already hitting us, and Ross shows how it can be exciting rather than frightening.
ALEC ROSS has won every award the comics industry has to offer, and Mythology received the Eisner Award for Excellence in Presentation. Ross lives north of Chicago.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781787635425
Published: 16 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bantam Press
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 336

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