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Solidarity Economics

Why Mutuality and Movements Matter

Chris Benner, Manuel Pastor

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Sozialwissenschaften, Recht, Wirtschaft / Volkswirtschaft

Beschreibung

Traditional economics is built on the assumption of self-interested individuals seeking to maximize personal gain, but that is far from the whole story. Sharing, caring, and a desire to uphold the collective good are also powerful motives. In a world wracked by inequality, social divisions, and ecological destruction, can we build an alternative economics based on cooperation? In this book Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor invite us to imagine a new sort of solidarity economics - an approach grounded in our instincts for connection and community - and in so doing, actually build a more robust and sustainable economy. They argue that our current economy is already deeply dependent on mutuality, but that the inequality and fragmentation created by the status quo undermine this mutuality and with it our economic well-being. They outline the theoretical framing, policy agenda, and social movements that we need to revive solidarity and apply it to whole societies. Solidarity Economics is an essential read for anyone who longs for a fairer economy that can generate prosperity and preserve the planet.

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Heather C. McGhee, author of The Sum of Us
"Solidarity Economics offers a way out of the zero-sum politics of neoliberalism at a crucial time. It is going to be a classic of our current era."
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley
"Economics makes us forget that solidarity is the glue that holds society together, and the force that can be harnessed for social progress. Solidarity Economics is a fascinating and much needed book to think bigger and act boldly."
James K. Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Brilliant and superbly readable."
Dorian Warren, co-President of Community Change and co-Chair of the Economic Security Project
"'We got us' was the powerful refrain heard throughout the Black and Brown communities hit hardest by the COVID-19 crisis. Behind this pithy motto were countless mutual aid networks providing supplies, care, and cash for families left reeling from the pandemic. It's against the backdrop of these inspiring acts of solidarity that Drs. Pastor and Benner put forth their vision for a caring American economy built on mutuality and driven by the social movements that have delivered for our people time and again. Indeed, as we reckon with the moral failings of neoliberalism, Solidarity Economics challenges us to center the unique potential of collectivities in shaping our economic future -- one that delivers for us all, not just the wealthiest among us."
Anne Price, President, Insight Center for Community Change
"There has never been a more critical moment to shift away from an economic approach that benefits the few to one prioritizing the greater good. We have been sold a false bill of goods over the last four decades of American policy that you cannot have a thriving economy and shared prosperity. With its focus on how we all do better when we all do better, Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter, not only smashes that myth -but provides an essential framework for how we finally reimagine and restructure an economy that works for all."
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence, PolicyLink, and host, Radical Imagination podcast
"In this powerful blueprint for an equitable future, Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner provide a bold critique of conventional wisdom about who owns the economy. They challenge us to radically imagine how we can design OUR economy to be fully inclusive and guided by the principles of mutuality and solidarity, ensuring that we put people first."
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Political Science, Soziologie, Gesellschaftliche Bewegungen u. Veränderungen, Political Economics, Politische Ökonomie, International Political Economy, Politikwissenschaft, Sociology, Ökonomie, Internationale Politische Ökonomie, Social Movements / Social Change, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Economics