The aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis still reverberate
throughout the globe. Markets are down, unemployment is up, and
nations from Greece to Ireland find their very infrastructure on
the brink of collapse. There is also a crisis in the management of
global affairs, with the institutions of global governance
challenged as never before, accompanied by conflicts ranging from
Syria, to Iran, to Mali. Domestically, the bases for democratic
legitimacy, social sustainability, and environmental adaptability
are also changing. In this unique volume from the World Public
Forum Dialogue of Civilizations and the Social Science Research
Council, some of the world's greatest minds--from Nobel Prize
winners to long-time activists--explore what the prolonged
instability of the so-called Great Recession means for our
traditional understanding of how governments can and should
function. Through interviews that are sure to spark lively debate,
22 Ideas to Fix the World presents both analysis of past
geopolitical events and possible solutions and predictions for the
future. The book surveys issues relevant to the U.S., Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the Middle East. Speaking from a variety of
perspectives, including economic, social, developmental, and
political, the discussions here increase our understanding of
what's wrong with the world and how to get it right. Interviewees
explore topics like the Arab Spring, the influence of international
financial organizations, the possibilities for the growth of
democracy, the acceleration of global warming, and how to develop
enforceable standards for market and social regulation. These
inspiring exchanges from some of our most sophisticated thinkers on
world policy are honest, brief, and easily understood, presenting
thought-provoking ideas in a clear and accessible manner that cuts
through the academic jargon that too often obscures more than it
reveals. 22 Ideas to Fix the World is living history in the finest
sense--a lasting chronicle of the state of the global community
today. Interviews with: Zygmunt Bauman, Shimshon Bichler &
Jonathan Nitzan, Craig Calhoun, Ha-Joon Chang, Fred Dallmayr, Mike
Davis, Bob Deacon, Kemal Dervis, Jiemian Yang, Peter J.
Katzenstein, Ivan Krastev, Will Kymlicka, Manuel F. Montes, Jose
Antonio Ocampo, Vladimir Popov, Jospeh Stiglitz, Olzhas Suleimenov,
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Immanuel Wallerstein, Paul Watson, Vladimir
Yakunin, Muhammad Yunus
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