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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Social contracts sustain societies, though they can sometimes collapse.
Chapter 3: Today’s firms prioritize nothing but profits for shareholders alone.
Chapter 4: Governments are now weak and ineffective as companies grow ever stronger.
Chapter 5: Workers must have a stronger voice within the workplace.
Chapter 6: Corporations employ extremely complex schemes to avoid taxes.
Chapter 7: The global tax system can and must be reformed.
Chapter 8: Businesses and governments must collaborate closely to build effective digital power.
Chapter 9: Nations across the world must choose whether to adopt closed or open social contracts.
Description
The Raging 2020s (2021) is an autopsy of the American social contract, which once kept companies, governments, and individuals in stable harmony but has since broken down. In particular, it describes how the power of corporations has expanded in recent years while federal might has waned – and how the result is that companies have more control over people’s lives than ever before. We must work to restore the balance and write a new social contract for the modern age.
Who Should Listen
- Citizens concerned about the increasing power of corporations
- Current or aspiring politicians and activists
- Anyone who sees the value in capitalism but thinks it can be improved