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Surviving the Future - Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy (Paperback)
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Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of
the late David Fleming's extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for
the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four
hundred and four interlinked dictionary entries, inviting readers
to choose their own path through its radical vision. Recognizing
that Lean Logic's sheer size and unusual structure can be daunting,
Fleming's long-time collaborator Shaun Chamberlin has selected and
edited one of these potential narratives to create Surviving the
Future. The content, rare insights, and uniquely enjoyable writing
style remain Fleming's, but are presented here at a more accessible
paperback-length and in conventional read-it-front-to-back format.
The subtitle-Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the
Market Economy-hints at Fleming's vision. He believed that the
market economy will not survive its inherent flaws beyond the early
decades of this century, and that its failure will bring great
challenges, but he did not dwell on this: "We know what we need to
do. We need to build the sequel, to draw on inspiration which has
lain dormant, like the seed beneath the snow." Surviving the Future
lays out a compelling and powerfully different new economics for a
post-growth world. One that relies not on taut competitiveness and
eternally increasing productivity-"putting the grim into
reality"-but on the play, humor, conversation, and reciprocal
obligations of a rich culture. Building on a remarkable breadth of
intellectual and cultural heritage-from Keynes to Kumar, Homer to
Huxley, Mumford to MacIntyre, Scruton to Shiva, Shakespeare to
Schumacher-Fleming describes a world in which, as he says, "there
will be time for music." This is the world that many of us want to
live in, yet we are told it is idealistic and unrealistic. With an
evident mastery of both economic theory and historical precedent,
Fleming shows that it is not only desirable, but actually the only
system with a realistic claim to longevity. With friendliness,
humor, and charm, Surviving the Future plucks this vision out of
our daydreams and shows us how to make it real.
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