TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC LIFE: A Millennial Challenge

by James Robertson

Published by Green Books on behalf of The Schumacher Society, in association with The New Economics Foundation.

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"James Robertson is the leading new economics writer in the UK... 'Transforming Economic Life' will be seen as the first economics text of the twenty-first century." - Ed Mayo, New Economics Foundation

How can we reshape our economic system-which now transfers wealth from poor to rich, marginalises individuals, communities and cultures, damages the natural environment, and denies all sense of the sacred, so that it will meet the needs of people and the Earth in the 21st century?

In this Briefing, James Robertson outlines measures for building a healthier and more equal world. He identifies key ways in which people can work together to transform the economics of food and farming, work and livelihoods, local development, travel and transport, energy, technology and international trade.

James Robertson studied classics, history and philosophy at Oxford. He worked in Whitehall and accompanied Harold Macmillan on his prime-ministerial "Wind of Change" tour of Africa in 1960. After directing the Inter-Bank Research Organisation and contributing to enquiries on government, civil service, parliament and London's future as a financial centre, he became an independent writer and lecturer. Since 1975 he and his wife Alison Pritchard (a Schumacher Society Council member), have issued the twice-yearly Turning Point (latterly Turning Point 2000) newsletter. They helped to set up The Other Economic Summit (TOES) and the New Economics Foundation in 1984/5.

OTHER WORK

James' Paper presented at the XXIX Annual Conference of the Pio Manzu International Research Centre in Rimini, Italy on 18-20 October, 2003.

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