The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think

Teixeira examines "the structural and economic shifts remaking advanced societies and [believes] that the left is in a far better position to advance its agenda than the right. Eventually, [he says], the right will be forced to play on the left's terms to be competitive. This is because only the left has growing, not declining, coalitional strength and only the left is willing to confront and solve capitalism's 'Piketty problem' (a vicious cycle of rising inequality, stagnating living standards, and slowing economic growth) by building a new equitable-growth 'opportunity state'"--

• | Author: Ruy Teixeira
• | Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 07, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1250089662
• | ISBN-13: 9781250089663