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Podcast: New Books in Economic and Business History
Episode: Dovev Lavie, "The Cooperative Economy: A Solution to Societal Grand Challenges" (Routledge, 2023)
Description: Societal grand challenges have taken a toll on humanity, which finds itself at a crossroads. The concentration of wealth and economic inequality, the dominance of Big Tech firms, the loss of privacy and free choice, and the overconsumption and abuse of natural resources have been reinforced by globalization. Regulation, legislation, international treaties, and government and corporate policies have fallen short of offering sufficient remedies. The Cooperative Economy: A Solution for Society(Routledge, 2023) offers a bold solution: a new economic system, free from the design flaws that have contributed to these societal grand challenges. The cooperative economy is an ethical co...