{"product_id":"the-locust-and-the-bee-9780691165745","title":"The Locust and the Bee","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recent economic crisis was a dramatic reminder that capitalism can both produce and destroy. It's a system that by its very nature encourages predators and creators, locusts and bees. But, as Geoff Mulgan argues in this compelling, imaginative, and important book, the economic crisis also presents a historic opportunity to choose a radically di\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Geoff Mulgan's The Locust and the Bee is an important contribution to this field.\"--John Lloyd, Financial Times \"There is much in Mulgan's analysis that will repay careful scrutiny... The Locust and the Bee abounds with arresting observations of this kind and no one will finish the book without having learned something new and important.\"--John Gray, New Statesman \"A brilliant book, full of great ideas, provoking us to pause and think.\"--M. S. Sriram, Business Standard (India) \"[E]xcellent.\"--Frank Pasquale, Concurring Opinions \"[I]nteresting and thought-provoking.\"--Frank Dillon, Irish Times \"Geoff Mulgan ... earns his spurs as a top-rank, global public intellectual with his latest book, The Locust and the Bee.\"--Hazel Henderson, Seeking Alpha \"[A] rare combination of breadth and detail ... an essential guide to how to deal with the 'predators and creators in capitalism's future.'\"--Julian Baggini, Observer, \"Best Books of the Year\" \"What Mulgan is trying to do is laudable... No-one can doubt the sincerity of his message, the intellectual rigour he applies, or the beauty of the English he writes.\"-- Rebecca Harding, Business Economist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1- After Capitalism 1  Chapter 2 - Barren and Pregnant Crises 17  Chapter 3 - The Essence of Capitalism 28   Chapter 4 - To Take or to Make 52 *The Roles of Creators and Predators  Chapter 5 - Capitalism's Critics 79  Chapter 6 - Anticapitalist Utopias and Neotopias 104   Chapter 7 - The Nature of Change 116 *How One System Becomes Another  Chapter 8- Creative and Predatory Technology 145  Chapter 9 - The Rise of Economies Based on Relationships and Maintenance 172  Chapter 10 - Capitalism's Generative Ideas 198   Chapter 11 - New Accommodations 230 *or How Societies (Occasionally) Jump  Chapter 12 - Outgrowing Capitalism 280  Afterword to the paperback edition 289  Notes 297  Acknowledgments 329  Index 331","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403815428439,"sku":"9780691165745","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691165745.jpg?v=1730484627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-locust-and-the-bee-9780691165745","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}