The wealth of freedom : radical republican political economy / Stuart White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Stuart Gordon, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Political aspects.

Economic development.

Republicanism.

Physical Description:

ix, 298 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Radical Republican political economy

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"What is an economy for? The republican tradition in political thought offers a compelling way of exploring this question. The economy is for the common good, and the people, as the sovereign, properly have democratic authority to design it to satisfy their common good. Recent republican philosophers emphasize the centrality of freedom to the common good, where freedom is 'non-domination': the status of not being subject to another's uncontrolled power of interference. We can also find insight into the common good from other sources including liberal egalitarian theories of social justice. The common good provides a standard to evaluate existing institutions and to propose alternatives that, starting in our present context, look likely to make society more just. In this way, it helps to guide the collective political action of republican struggle. The book argues for universal basic income and universal capital grants, the fair taxation of inheritances and wealth, participatory democracy in the workplace, in investment, and in the design of public services, and for strong trade unions as key elements in a radical republican economy of the common good. Internationally, a radical republican economy of the common good calls for us to restructure existing systems of transnational governance and to support a major investment programme to address the climate emergency in a fair, reparative way. Focusing on demands for a Green New Deal, the author shows how the book's institutional proposals may help to develop this agenda. The struggle for such a programme is the terrain on which we must now assert creative democratic sovereignty over the economy, nationally and globally, so that it does work for the common good."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction: What is an economy for?

What is republicanism?

Republicanism and social justice

Applying republicanism

Freedom and basic income

Fairness and basic Income

'Beginning the world': basic capital in the toolkit?

Taxing wealth and wealth transfers

Debating economic democracy

Republicanism and public services

Trade unions and political equality / with Martin O'Neill

Republican internationalism

A global and republican Green New Deal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: White, Stuart Gordon, 1966- Wealth of freedom.

ISBN:

9780198868231

0198868235

OCLC:

1465257397

Publisher Number:

CIPO000217123