What Society Needs NOW

The United States and Britain are facing general elections in the next year; Britain in a few weeks (at time of writing).

Here are some Issues to think about in these elections and for the longer term.

Societies need:

More......

Mixed Ownership of assets and wealth
More Co-operatives
More Employee Ownership
More Social Enterprise
More Local Initiative
Investment for a wide range of stakeholders
Sharing of the tax burden
International regulation of Big Banks and Corporations

Less......

Monopolistic Public Ownership
Concentration of wealth and power in a few hands
Influence in the hands of huge corporations
Tax avoidance and offshoring

How free market economies got it wrong - and what to do about it

1. The Social and economic malaises of free market societies (15/Feb/2013)
2. Why are these problems occurring (15/Feb/2013)
3. Bringing improvement - addressing the fundamental problems (15/Feb/2013)
4. A manifesto for action (15/Feb/2013)

Institute for Shallow Thinking

articles (01/Nov/2016)
- After the crash - will Americans change (27/Jul/2009)
- Amazing American fantasies about the NHS refuted by real experience (10/Sep/2009)
- How Market Fundamentalism has undermined the American Dream (18/May/2009)
- What good about America (09/Nov/2009)
summary (09/Nov/2010)

manifesto

Towards reformed capitalism and people-serving politics (17/May/2012)
Any Manifesto needs to be based on clear principles (17/May/2012)
Key messages for a manifesto - narrative (17/May/2012)

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