18/12/2012
"The challenges facing governments,
our societies and our economies are enormous. We may have pulled
back from the brink at which we stood in the fall of 2008, but we
(…) cannot claim victory until unemployment is brought down to
where it was before the crisis, and until the real incomes of
workers (…) have made up for the losses that have been suffered in
the interim. We can do it – but only if we correct the mistakes of
the past, change course and keep in mind the true objectives for
which we should be striving.”
(From the Preface by Nobel Prize laureate Joseph
Stiglitz)
This publication takes up the
challenge of developing progressive alternatives to the failed
neo-liberal model that has dominated economic policy for over three
decades. It contains contributions from some 30 authors, all with
links to the global labour movement, that analyse the causes and
implications of the crisis and propose alternative ways toward more
equitable and sustainable models of growth. A comprehensive
approach is taken and the topics addressed include: the need for a
new approach to macroeconomic policy to promote strong and stable
growth and high employment; developing alternative welfare measures
to GDP; how to re-regulate financial markets so that they serve the
real economy; a development model for the global South; a new
approach to labour markets that ensures that they deliver decent
jobs and promote greater equality; the need for a comprehensive set
of policies to make economic activity ecologically
sustainable.
The publication is attached.
