Why the Third Way Failed: Economics, Morality and the Origins of the 'Big Society'

ISBN-13: 9781847426567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 232 str.

Bill Jordan

Opis

In the wake of the economic crash, public policy is in search of a different moral compass. This book explains why the Third Way's combination of market-friendly and abstract, value-led principles has failed, and shows what is needed for an adequate replacement as a political and moral project.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part one: A moral order?: Value, virtue and justice; Snap judgments and rational choices; Nature, science and cosmology; Part two: Regulation and relationsship: What is economics good for?; Moral regulation; In search of a moral compass; Part three: The policy response: Sharing wealth, income and work; Sustaining the quality of life; Conclusions.