THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM

FEATURED IN BILL GATES S 2019 SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS This is a beautifully written and important book Read it Martin Wolf Financial Times From world renowned economist Paul Collier a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies thriving cities versus the provinces the highly skilled elite versus the less educated wealthy versus developing countries As these divides deepen we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was crucial to the rise of post war social democracy So far these rifts have been answered only by the revivalist ideologies of populism and socialism leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump Brexit and the return of the far right in Germany We have heard many critiques of capitalism but no one has laid out a realistic way to fix it until now In a passionate and polemical book celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts economic social and cultural with the cool head of pragmatism rather than the fervour of ideological revivalism He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides moving