The return of the state : and why it is essential for our health, wealth and happiness /

For decades now wealth and power have been shifting from states to markets. This experiment has been a failure for all but a privileged few. But this trend is beginning to reverse, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen the state play the most direct and positive role in citizens'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garrard, Graeme, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Building a People's State
  • Private Good, Public Bad
  • The Rise of Private Governments
  • Preying on the Weak
  • Wishful Thinking Between State and Market
  • State Capitalism: From Washington to Beijing
  • The State We Need
  • Introduction
  • Building a people's state
  • Private good, public bad
  • The rise of private governments
  • Preying on the weak
  • Wishful thinking between state and market
  • State capitalism : from Washington to Beijing
  • The state we need