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Book Synopsis'An insightful playbook for getting out of the permacrisis we seem mired in’ - Walter Isaacson
‘A sensible plan for reform that can help us create a fairer and more equitable world’ - Sheryl Sandberg
Do you feel like we’re in a permacrisis? Chances are you feel some anxiety about the state of the world. Gordon Brown, Mohamed A. El-Erian and Michael Spence certainly did. Three of the most internationally respected and experienced thinkers of our time, these friends found their pandemic Zooms increasingly focused on a cascade of crises: sputtering growth, surging inflation, poor policy responses, an escalating climate emergency, worsening inequality, increasing nationalism and a decline in global co-operation.
They shared their fears and frustrations. And the more they talked, the more they realised that while past mistakes had set the world on this bumpy course, a better path leading to a
Trade Review'Three of the world’s greatest economic leaders have put their
brilliant minds together to produce this
insightful playbook for getting out of the permacrisis we seem mired in. It’s a
timely guide to the type of co-operation, both at home and internationally, that is
now vitally necessary’ -- Walter Isaacson
‘Permacrisis recognises that a growth policy that also addresses issues like gender equity and climate change can create a sustainable economy that raises all boats. This hopeful book puts forward a sensible plan for reform that can help us create a fairer and more equitable world’ -- Sheryl Sandberg
‘This
excellent book presents a new growth model that is
sustainable and inclusive, and where technology lifts jobs for all. Don’t miss reading it!’ -- Nouriel Roubini
‘Brown, El-Erian and Spence
show us in vivid detail what needs fixing in a world of perpetual economic crisis. More importantly, they provide solutions that even today’s chronically dysfunctional governments can credibly reach.
Permacrisis offers hope and good sense in equal measure’ -- Ian Bremmer
‘A bold and ambitious agenda for change to create a more sustainable and equitable world’ -- James Manyika
