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Book SynopsisThe 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
Trade Review"[I]nteresting and thought-provoking."--Frank Dillon, Irish Times "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 "Mulgan is my former boss, but that doesn't stop me from saying that what he writes is always rewarding because he intellectually coaxes you into believing--however fleetingly--that a rotten system doesn't have to be this way."--Yvonne Roberts, Observer "[E]xcellent."--Frank Pasquale, Concurring Opinions
Table of ContentsChapter 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 Notes 289 Acknowledgments 321 Index 323
