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About this book
Our social democracies and welfare states face economic and governance challenges that threaten their very survival. Against this backdrop, Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition argues that a true social democracy requires a clear definition and a refocusing of the roles of the public and private sectors.
Using his novel competition-based social democracy and new competition-based capitalism models, Marcel Boyer goes back to the basics. Returning to the foundational characteristics of what social democracy and capitalism are supposed to be, he reimagines how public and social goods and services – such as education, healthcare, and transport infrastructure – can be provided in a way that aligns with citizens' best interests. Boyer shows how recent decades have witnessed a shift away from competition and competitive processes, toward more bureaucratic control of public and social goods and services and more ironclad protection of state providers against contestation by potentially competitive organizations. This crony capitalism results in loss of purpose, organizational inefficiency, and outcomes that increasingly deviate from their original objectives of social wellbeing. Boyer maintains that productivity gains, economic growth, and prosperity for all actually require a degree of income and wealth inequality.
Written with a facility that will appeal to anyone interested in public policy and economic reform, Social Democracy, Capitalism, and Competition is a book all governments should have on their reading list.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Basic Socio-economic Concepts Revisited
- 2 Competition-Based Social Democracy
- 3 The New Competition-Based Capitalism
- 4 The “Fab Four” Factors of Growth
- 5 Ethics, Equity, and Socially Responsible Behaviour
- 6 Inequalities
- 7 The Cost of Public Funds and the Governance of Public Projects
- 8 Free Trade and National Security
- Conclusion: Sweeping but Not Utopian Reforms
- Notes
- Index