Wealth of Freedom - Radical Republican Political Economy

This book proposes that economies must serve the common good which is, centrally, our mutual freedom. It argues for universal basic income, the fair taxation of wealth, strong trade unions, and greater democracy in the workplace, in investment, and in the design of public services, as key elements in a radical republican economy of the common good.

List of contents

• Introduction: What is an economy for?


• Part I. What is republicanism?


• 1: What is republicanism?


• 2: Republicanism and social justice


• 3: Applying republicanism


• Part II. Individual freedom: The citizen's stake


• 4: Freedom and basic income


• 5: Fairness and Basic Income


• 6: 'Beginning the World': Basic capital in the toolkit?


• 7: Taxing wealth and wealth transfers


• Part III. Freedom together: Democratic economic spaces


• 8: Debating economic democracy


• 9: Republicanism and public services


• 10: Trade unions and political equality: (with Martin O'Neill)


• Part IV. Republicanism: Green and global?


• 11: Republican internationalism


• 12: A global and republican Green New Deal


• Notes


• References


• Index

About the author

Stuart White is Nicholas Drake Fellow in Politics at Jesus College and Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, University of Oxford. His research draws on philosophy, intellectual and political history, and engages public policy to explore proposed alternatives to capitalism and democratic renewal. His many books include Radical Republicanism: Recovering the Tradition's Popular Heritage (co-edited with Bruno Leipold and Karma Nabulsi; OUP, 2020).

Summary

This book proposes that economies must serve the common good which is, centrally, our mutual freedom. It argues for universal basic income, the fair taxation of wealth, strong trade unions, and greater democracy in the workplace, in investment, and in the design of public services, as key elements in a radical republican economy of the common good.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart White, Stuart (Associate Professor White, White Stuart
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 23.04.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780198868231
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886823-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements