Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition: A Manifesto - Couverture rigide

Boyer, Marcel

 
9780228018896: Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition: A Manifesto
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0228018897 ISBN 13 : 9780228018896
Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Our social democracies and welfare states face economic and governance challenges that threaten their very survival. Against this backdrop, Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition argues that a true social democracy requires a clear definition and a refocusing of the roles of the public and private sectors. Using his novel competition-based social democracy and new competition-based capitalism models, Marcel Boyer goes back to the basics. Returning to the foundational characteristics of what social democracy and capitalism are supposed to be, he reimagines how public and social goods and services – such as education, healthcare, and transport infrastructure – can be provided in a way that aligns with citizens’ best interests. Boyer shows how recent decades have witnessed a shift away from competition and competitive processes, toward more bureaucratic control of public and social goods and services and more ironclad protection of state providers against contestation by potentially competitive organizations. This crony capitalism results in loss of purpose, organizational inefficiency, and outcomes that increasingly deviate from their original objectives of social wellbeing. Boyer maintains that productivity gains, economic growth, and prosperity for all actually require a degree of income and wealth inequality. Written with a facility that will appeal to anyone interested in public policy and economic reform, Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition is a book all governments should have on their reading list.

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À propos de l'auteur

Marcel Boyer is emeritus professor of economics at the Université de Montréal.

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Éditeur
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0228018897
ISBN 13 
9780228018896
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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