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Demostrates that a true liberal capitalism still has the capacity to enable personal well-being while dealing with new challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and automation.

• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• 1. The Fading Promise of Capitalism
  • Liberalism and Capitalism
• Part I. The Promise of Liberalism
  • 2. What’s Been Lost: The Dream of Liberalism
    • About Freedom
    • Liberalism, Democracy, and Capitalism
    • Liberalism as an Idea
      • Conflict Mitigation
      • Power Prevention
      • Personal and Collective Progress
      • Respect
    • Liberal Capitalism
  • 3. The Present and Future Challenges of Liberalism
    • Governing Happiness
    • Climate Change
    • AI, ICT, and Automation
    • Preparing for a Liberal Future
• Part II. Losing Liberalism
  • 4. MegaCorps: Malefactors of Great Wealth
    • MegaCorps, Not Markets
    • National CorpoCapitalism, Not Global (Neo)liberalism
    • Changing the Debate
  • 5. CorpoCapitalism and the Misery of Work
    • The Misery of Work from Rich to Poor Countries
    • The Potential for Self-Regulation
    • Who Governs?
    • Get Back in the Regulatory Ring
  • 6. Providing for Individual Wellbeing
    • Social Welfare
    • Varieties of Welfare States
    • The Future of the Liberal Welfare State
  • 7. Taxation and Representation
    • The Business of Business
    • The Business of Government Is Business
    • The Role of Government Is Representing Its Citizens
    • Making Government and Business Work for Society
• Part III. A Liberal Correction
  • 8. Capitalism and Its Discontents
    • Inequality and Slow Growth
    • Inequality and Wellbeing
    • Inequality and Social Mobility
    • Damaged Democracy and the Role of Government
  • 9. Technological Innovation for the People
    • The Market Innovation Process
    • National Innovation Systems
    • A Mission for Climate Change
    • From Mission to Innovation
    • Innovation and Society
    • Government Governing
  • 10. The Purpose of the Economy
    • Democracy by MegaCorps or for the People
    • Economic Efficiency or Fairness
    • Preventing Climate Catastrophe
    • Wealth and Capital
    • Balancing Incomes
    • Government to the Rescue
  • 11. The Purpose of the Politics
    • Controlled Markets, but Not Powerless Governments
    • Liberal Values
    • Liberal Values in Practice
    • Climate Change
    • The Welfare State
    • Social Responsibility
    • Technological Innovation
    • Building Better States
  • 12. The Resilience of Liberal Capitalism
    • About Resilience
    • The Fragility of CorpoCapitalism
    • The Resilience of Liberal Capitalism
    • Governance for Resilience
    • Resilience through Liberal Capitalism
  • 13. Progressing to Liberal Capitalism
    • Dynamism and Institutions
      • Personal and Collective Progress
      • Conflict Mitigation
      • Respect
      • Power Prevention
    • Releasing the Death Grip
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index