{"product_id":"9780241253960-alternative-how-we-build-it","title":"The Alternative","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd How We Build It\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe know our world's unequal. But, says Owen Jones, it doesn't have to stay that way. No status quo simply dissolves of its own accord: it must be replaced with something else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithout a real alternative that attracts the belief of millions of people, things will stay the same, if only because it's impossible for many to imagine things looking any different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e tells us that change is possible, desirable and even inevitable - if we want it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwen goes in search of the people who are already making change happen: from the US and the UK to Latin America, from the struggles of Hungarian and Turkish dissidents working against authoritarian governments to the millions-strong anti-austerity movement in Spain. On his travels, he gathers evidence on how an economy can be built for the many rather than being a racket for the few; how we can reboot welfare states, education systems and health services for the twenty-first century; and, last but not least, how we can build enough decent homes for people to live in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll this, he shows, must happen through renewed democracy: it is only democracy that can take on inequality and injustice. There is an alternative. We just have to learn how to make it happen. This book shows us how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2024 Owen Jones (P)2024 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608339849313,"sku":"9780241253960","price":20.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_12065095_19689971_20241209045812.jpg?v=1733767654","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241253960-alternative-how-we-build-it","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}