Description
It's hard to shake the feeling that in Britain today nothing works. In the face of mounting inflation and widespread industrial action, this book offers an incisive analysis of the UK's problems and a new approach to tackling them.
Economic growth and higher wages, the traditional responses of mainstream politicians, are simply not enough. This is because the so-called 'cost of living crisis' is only the face of a deeper crisis of foundational liveability. The UK is confronted not only with squeezed residual incomes but also failing public services and decaying social infrastructure. The only way out is to embrace a political practice of adaptive reuse that works around the constraints that frustrate mainstream policies. Presenting a new model for the three pillars of liveability - disposable and residual income, essential services and social infrastructure - When nothing works challenges the assumptions of left and right in the UK political classes and offers a fresh approach to the economically visible and politically actionable.Author: Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 09/24/2023
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781526173713
ISBN10: 1526173719
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Economy
- Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
- Political Science | Public Policy | Economic Policy
About the Author
Luca Calafati, Julie Froud, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal and Karel Williams are researchers in Foundational Economy Research Limited: foundationaleconomyresearch.com