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Cover -- Analytical Table of Contents -- By way of introduction -- An idea -- A Consultation -- Europe -- Table of contents -- Part I. Europe's Present Condition: A Diagnosis -- Chapter 1. Introduction: From the Challenge of 2015 to the Shock of 2022 -- 2022, and the Seven Years that Preceded It... -- The 2015 Agenda: A Clarion Call -- ...And Beyond (2016): Brexit and a Fragmented Populace -- ...And Beyond (2017): Trump and 'America First' -- ...And Beyond (2020): Covid, Vulnerability and Europe's New Strength -- ...And Beyond (2022): The Ukraine War and a New Geopolitical Constellation |
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Beyond 2022: A New World Order, New Questions and the Need for New Responses -- The Challenges Ahead: Reorientation, Reconnection, Repositioning, Revaluation -- New Intellectual Resources: Rethinking Capitalism -- Some Working Definitions: Market Economy, Capitalism, Market Society, Market Ideology -- Outline of the Book -- Our Intended Readership -- The Title of this Book -- The Book in Three Figures -- How (not) to Use this Book -- Chapter 2. Europe's 250-Year Project... -- The Age of the 'Great Enrichment' or the 'Escape from Poverty' |
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Heights and Depths: Four Phases, from Unfettered Markets to 'Unfettered Markets 2.0' -- Learning Processes: Embedding Markets -- Chapter 3. Triumphant Capitalism: The Bold Assumptions of an Overconfident Age -- Seven Assumptions -- The Results: A Tendency toward a Rentier Economy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Europe's Confusion and Reorientation -- Europe's Confusion -- The Task of this Book: A Reorientation of Capitalism -- Part II. Europe's Mission: Developing Responsible Capitalism -- Chapter 5. The First Pillar of Renewal: Ideals about a Good Economy |
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'Mono-Indicator Tyranny' and a New Understanding of Value(s) -- Macro-Values and Macro-Virtues: Beyond GDP Towards 'Flourishing' -- Meso-Values and Meso-Virtues: Purpose beyond Financial Indicators -- Micro-Values and Micro-Virtues: Moral Leadership, Conscious Employees, Critical Consumers -- An Enlarged Conception of the Common Good: Discovering and Rediscovering Values -- The Sources of Values: The Role of (Hi)stories -- Chapter 6. The Second Pillar of Renewal: Inspiration from Revaluing Europe's Story -- The Dark Ambivalence of Europe: Conflicting Histories |
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The Other European Story: The Gradual Discovery of Human Dignity and Four Revolutions -- A Dubious Philosophical Heritage: Ideologies and 'Recipe Thinking' -- A Distinct European Model: Combining Principles with Institutional Plurality -- An Unfinished and Embattled Project -- The Terrible Mystery of 'Europe-I' -- Haunted by Specters -- The Need to Unlearn, Relearn and Learn: A New European Orientation -- Four Key Values for a New Future -- Why Values? Tests for Policies, Processes, and Products -- Chapter 7. The Third Pillar of Renewal: Ideas about Economics -- Megatrends in Economic Thinking |
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Capitalism has gone astray. Today we face ecological exhaustion, persistent inequality, financialization, stress on communities, short-termism, and new power concentrations. An avalanche of new economic thinking and a reorientation of European values show the way toward a different economy. A new perspective is necessary if we want to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and if we consider our planet as 'Our Common Home,' for present and future generations. This book argues that European economies should be the initiators of a global transition toward a sustainable and inclusive world economy. Together, amid severe geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, they need to develop their own perspective on what a good economy really is, in distinction to Chinese state capitalism and American big business capitalism. Crucially, this requires the rediscovery of key European values, a coherent view on responsible capitalism, and a new self-awareness as a global player for the Common Good in today's and tomorrow's world |
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Social and Political Sciences |
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Economics and Finance |
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Philosophy |
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AUP Wetenschappelijk |
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AUP WETENSCH |
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Capitalism, sustainability, Europe |
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"Amsterdam University Press" |
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Capitalism -- Europe
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Sustainability -- Europe
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Economic theory and philosophy.
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Sustainability.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.
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Capitalism.
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Economic policy.
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Sustainability.
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Economic theory and philosophy.
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Sustainability.
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Europe -- Economic policy -- 21st century
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Europe.
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Buijs, Govert author
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| ISBN |
9048562643 |
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9789048562640 |
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