Solidarity Economics: Why Mutuality and Movements Matter

by Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner

Book Overview

Traditional economics is built on the assumption of self-interested individuals seeking to maximize personal gain. This is far from the whole story, however: sharing, caring and a desire to uphold the collective good are also powerful individual motives. In a world wracked by inequality, social divisions, and ecological destruction, can we build an alternative economics based on our mutual co-operation?

In this book Chris Benner and Manuel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509544089
• ISBN13: 9781509544080
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"