In The State We Need, published in September 2013, Michael Meacher offers a consistent blueprint for the future:
Despite the crash, the
remote political elite in Westminster is still clinging to the same old ideas
that have been tried and found wanting. We’re still told that we’re not allowed
to think outside the box of Thatcherism. Set out in The State We
Need is a coherent and detailed vision around which progressive forces
might group as the first step in the replacement of the failed neo-conservative
market model, one that is radical but also practical.
It presents a different
model for business, a reconstructed banking system, an alternative economic
policy, a reconfigured power structure, an industrial policy geared to the
revival of manufacturing, a sharply different approach to employment and
welfare, as well as inequality in society, and a fundamental reassessment of the
handling of climate change.
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Larry Elliot, Guardian Economics Editor
“Michael Meacher has observed the rise and fall of market capitalism over the past forty years and his book is important for two reasons…”Full review
Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC
“This is a welcome contribution to the debate about how to build a stronger, more equal Britain…”Full review
