The Knowledge Economy - Hardcover

Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788734971 ISBN 13: 9781788734974

Publisher: Verso, 2019

Synopsis

Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economy

A revolutionary practice of production--the knowledge economy--has emerged in our time. It appears in every sector, not just in high-tech industry, but so far only as a series of insular vanguards that exclude the vast majority of workers and businesses. In this book Roberto Mangabeira Unger explores the hidden workings and the transformative potential of the knowledge economy. He describes the radical changes in economic and political institutions, and in ways of thinking, that could bring knowledge-intensive production to the whole economy--and inaugurate a period of accelerated and socially inclusive economic growth.

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Review:

'A philosophical mind out of the Third World turning tables, to become a synoptist and seer of the First.' - Perry Anderson

'A restless visionary.'; - New York Times

'One of the few living philosophers whose thinking has the range of the great philosophers of the past.' - Lee Smolin, Times Higher Education Supplement

'His ideas are wide-ranging but essentially amount to a passionate call to stop thinking about everything in terms of economics and finance, what he calls 'the dictatorship of no alternatives'. - --Financial Times

The visionary program this new book sets out for universalizing the knowledge economy is not just a nice-to-have, but necessary. The Knowledge Economy is indispensable as a study of how to remedy the political polarization inequality has brought. --Martin Sandbu, Financial Times

An intelligent examination of policy ideas which dare to challenge economic norms. --Ruth F. Hunt, Morning Star>

About the Author:

Roberto Mangabeira Unger is one of the leading philosophers and social thinkers of the present. Verso has published much of his work, including False Necessity, Democracy Realized, The Left Alternative, and most recently The Religion of the Future.

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1788734971
• ISBN 13: 9781788734974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304