Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the World

by Michael Edwards

2021-01-05 20:09:29

A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. But in this hard-hitting, controversial exposé, Michael Edwards shows that business is ill-equipped to attack the c... Read more
A new movement is afoot that promises to save the world by applying the magic of the market to the challenges of social change. But in this hard-hitting, controversial exposé, Michael Edwards shows that business is ill-equipped to attack the causes of poverty, inequality, violence, and discrimination. Achieving fundamental social transformation requires cooperation rather than competition, collective action more than individual effort, and support for long-term, systemic solutions instead of immediate results. With a vested interest in the status quo, business can promise only limited advances: small change. It’s time to turn away from the false promise of the market and reassert the independence of global citizen action. Less

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File size8.5 X 5.56 X 0.38 in
Print pages144
PublisherBerrett-koehler
Publication date January 4, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781605093772

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