Is it possible for businesses to have a bottom line that is not profit and endless growth, but human dignity, justice, sustainability and democracy? Or an alternative economic model that is untainted by the greed and crises of current financial systems? Christian Felber says it is. Moreover, inChange Everythinghe shows us how.
In this new and updated edition of the book that sparked a global movement, Christian Felber proposes a blueprint for an economics of everybody: ethical, dignified, sustainable and principled. He shows that The Economy for the Common Good is not just an idea, but has already become a broad international movement with thousands of people, companies, communities and organizations participating, developing and implementing it.
Christian Felber is an Austrian alternative economist and university lecturer. He is an internationally renowned speaker, author of several award-winning bestsellers and a regular commentator on ethics, business and economics in various media. He co-founded the NGO Attac Austria and initiated the Economy for the Common Good as well as the planned Bank for the Common Good, which will be Austria's first ethical finance institute.
Foreword to the New EditionForeword by Eric MaskinPreface1 A broken system2 Defining the economy for the common good3 The democratic bank4 Property5 Motivation and meaning6 Advancing democracy7 Real world examples8 Putting it into practiceAppendix 1 Frequently asked questionsAppendix 2 Facts, figures and a twenty-point summary