One of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st century
'Intelligent and lucid' Martin Wolf, Financial Times, Best Summer Reading 2021
'In the tradition of Beveridge, Shafik points us toward ... a hopeful framework for social, economic, and political renewal' Michael J. Sandel
'Wonderfully illuminating of our interdependence' Amartya Sen
'A powerful and persuasive moral argument ... rigorous and specific enough to help readers think practically about the policies needed' Melinda Gates
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The social contract shapes everything: our political institutions, legal systems and material conditions, but also the organisation of family and community, our well-being, relationships and life prospects. And yet everywhere, the social contract is failing.
Accelerating changes in technology, demography and climate will reshape our world in ways many of us have yet...