The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy

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Many books have exposed what's not working in our current system. Romeo reveals something even more essential: the structure of a system that could actually work for everyone.

Margaret Thatcher was wrong: there is an alternative. This is what it looks like.

Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with the right incentives.

But a growing number of people - academic economists, business owners, policy entrepreneurs, and ordinary people - are rejecting these myths and reshaping economies around the world to reflect ethical and social values. Though they differ in approach, all share a vision of the economy as a place of moral action and accountability.

Journalist Nick Romeo has spent years covering the world's most innovative economic and policy ideas for the New Yorker. Romeo takes us on an extraordinary journey through the unforgettable stories and successes of people working to build economies that are more equal, just, and liveable.

Author Bio

Nick Romeo has written many features on science, culture, and ideas for a wide range of publications, including the New Yorker, Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Atlantic, New Republic, The Daily Beast, MIT Technology Review, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, and others.

He holds a B.A. from Northwestern University, an MFA in Fiction, and a MA in Classics, both from the University of Colorado. He's currently based in Athens, Greece.

He has been a guest speaker or moderator at the CB Insights conference, Stanford Medical School, and many other venues.