22 Ideas to Fix the World: Conversations with the World's Foremost Thinkers

Contents

◆ ◆ ◆ v Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Piotr Dutkiewicz Rethink the Nature of Humanity 1 MUHAMMAD YUNUS with Piotr Dutkiewicz “All human beings have unlimited potential, unlimited capacity, unlimited creative energy” 3 2 WILL KYMLICKA with Raffaele Marchetti “Minority rights are a part of human rights” 17 Transform How the Global Economy Works 3 JOSEPH STIGLITZ with Shari Spiegel “We can have faster economic growth if we reduce inequality” 37 4 HA-JOON CHANG with Manuel F. Montes “If you make consistent, gradual changes, they can add up to something enormous” 57 5 JOSÉ ANTONIO OCAMPO with Vladimir Popov “The new order is being born, but the old order is still strong” 70 vi ◆ ◆ ◆ Contents Recognize Everyone Is Responsible for the Environment 6 PAUL WATSON with Jan Dutkiewicz “This is not Planet Earth; it’s Planet Ocean” 95 7 MIKE DAVIS with Joe Day “We need to become a planet of gardeners . . . to make our cities function as integral parts of nature” 111 8 OLZHAS SULEIMENOV with Rustem Zhangozha “We are all interdependent on this earth” 136 9 VLADIMIR YAKUNIN with Vladimir Kulikov “Think communally” 150 Understand the Global Balance of Power 10 IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN with Kevan Harris “Recognize the structural crisis of the world-system” 169 11 ZYGMUNT BAUMAN with Vincent Della Sala “Re-create the social state” 186 12 BOB DEACON with Rianne Mahon “Create global social policy” 202 13 PETER J. KATZENSTEIN with Raffaele Marchetti “Understand that power is diffuse and change is constant” 219 Contents ◆ ◆ ◆ vii Question the Role of Democracy 14 CRAIG CALHOUN with Monika Krause “People want and need solidarity and social reproduction” 247 15 IVAN KRASTEV with Richard Sakwa “It is increasingly difficult to anticipate the future of democracy by looking back at its past” 266 16 FRED DALLMAYR with Ghoncheh Tazmini “Genuine dialogue requires not only talking but a great deal of listening” 286 Respond to the Economic Crisis 17 MANUEL F. MONTES with Adrian Pabst “People who want to change things must keep pushing for change” 305 18 SHIMSHON BICHLER AND JONATHAN NITZAN with Piotr Dutkiewicz “Capitalism as a mode of power” 326 Make Development Possible 19 JOMO KWAME SUNDARAM with Vladimir Popov “The best approach to economic development is pragmatism” 355 20 KEMAL DERVIŞ with Kemal Kirişci “Developing countries can bring in advanced technology and actively catch up with developed countries” 377 viii ◆ ◆ ◆ Contents 21 VLADIMIR POPOV with Piotr Dutkiewicz “Because the Chinese growth model became so successful in ensuring catch-up development it has become extremely appealing in the developing world” 394 22 JIEMIAN YANG with Li Xin “Developing countries are in an unprecedentedly strong position in the world economy” 414 Conclusion 425 Richard Sakwa Notes 435 Notes on the Contributors 443 Index 455 ...