Killing the goose: do we need a new capitalism?

This article analyses the current unhealthy state of capitalism, and suggests new ways of thinking about the economic structure that has produced so much good but is not working for society as well as it should.

Killing the goose: do we need a new capitalism?

Charles HandyPhilosopher and writer

In this article from his latest book, The Second Curve, social philosopher Charles Handy surveys the current unhealthy state of capitalism. He analyses how this state of affairs came about and suggests new ways of thinking about the economic structure that has produced so much good and yet is not working for society as well as it should.

Where would we be without capitalism and the free enterprise system? It has enriched the world hugely over the past three centuries and continues, today, to...

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