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oapen-20.500.12657-636662023-06-23T04:21:51Z Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century Moore, Henrietta L. Davies, Matthew Mintchev, Nikolay Woodcraft, Saffron prosperity;economics;social issues;poverty;unemployment;debt;social change;development bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTF Development studies bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century sets out a new vision for prosperity in the twenty-first century and how it can be achieved for all. The volume challenges orthodox understandings of economic models, but goes beyond contemporary debates to show how social innovation drives economic value. Drawing on substantive research in the UK, Lebanon and Kenya, it develops new concepts, frameworks, models and metrics for prosperity across a wide range of contexts, emphasising commonalities and differences. Its distinctive approach goes beyond defining and measuring prosperity – addressing the debate about the failures of GDP – to formulating and describing what is needed to make prosperity a realisable proposition for specific people living in specific locales. Departing from general propositions about post-growth to delineate pathways to prosperity, the volume emphasises that visions of the good life are diverse and require empirical work co-designed with local communities and stakeholders to drive change. It is essential reading for policymakers who are stuck, local government officers who need new tools, activists who wonder what is next, academics in need of refreshment, and students and people of all ages who want a way forward. 2023-06-22T14:35:39Z 2023-06-22T14:35:39Z 2023 book 9781800084469 9781800084476 9781800084483 9781800084490 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63666 eng Global Prosperity in Thought and Practice application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781800084452.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781800084452 10.14324/111.9781800084452 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781800084469 9781800084476 9781800084483 9781800084490 253 London open access
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Prosperity in the Twenty-First Century sets out a new vision for prosperity in the twenty-first century and how it can be achieved for all.
The volume challenges orthodox understandings of economic models, but goes beyond contemporary debates to show how social innovation drives economic value. Drawing on substantive research in the UK, Lebanon and Kenya, it develops new concepts, frameworks, models and metrics for prosperity across a wide range of contexts, emphasising commonalities and differences. Its distinctive approach goes beyond defining and measuring prosperity – addressing the debate about the failures of GDP – to formulating and describing what is needed to make prosperity a realisable proposition for specific people living in specific locales.
Departing from general propositions about post-growth to delineate pathways to prosperity, the volume emphasises that visions of the good life are diverse and require empirical work co-designed with local communities and stakeholders to drive change. It is essential reading for policymakers who are stuck, local government officers who need new tools, activists who wonder what is next, academics in need of refreshment, and students and people of all ages who want a way forward.
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