Prosperity without Greed
How to Save Ourselves from Capitalism
Sahra Wagenknecht
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Sahra Wagenknecht, Prosperity without Greed (2017), Campus Frankfurt / New York, 60486 Frankfurt/Main, ISBN: 9783593436692
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Sahra Wagenknecht holds a Ph.D. in Economics and is a journalist and politician. Since October 2015 she has been the parliamentary leader of the party Die Linke in the German Bundestag. From 2010 to 2014 she was deputy secretary of her party, from 2004-2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament.
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It is time to leave capitalism behind. We live in a system of economic feudalism that has nothing to do with a free market economy. The innovations we need for the solution of our truly important problems are not forthcoming. How can it be that technological developments financed by the taxpayer end up enriching private companies even if their activities violate public interests? We should reward talent and real performance and promote start-ups with good ideas.
Based on a clear analysis and concrete proposals, Sahra Wagenknecht launches a discussion on new forms of ownership and sketches the outlines of an innovative and just economy.
Based on a clear analysis and concrete proposals, Sahra Wagenknecht launches a discussion on new forms of ownership and sketches the outlines of an innovative and just economy.
Table of content
- BEGINN
- CONTENTS
- Translator†™s Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Performance, individual responsibility and competition: the grand illusions of capitalism
- 1. The Rogue Economy: Is Greed a Virtue?
- 2. Rise and decline: How Innovative is our Economy?
- 3. Dishwasher Legends, Feudal Dynasties, and the Disappearing Middle
- 4. Robber Barons and Tycoons†”Power Instead of Competition
- 5. Why Genuine Entrepreneurs do not need Capitalism
- Part II Market Economy instead of Economic Feudalism: Sketch of a Modern Economic Order
- 6. What Makes Us Rich?
- 7. How Do We Want to Live?
- 8. Another Way is Possible: Cooperative Banks
- 9. Rethinking Property
- Acknowledgements
- Endnotes
- Leere Seite