The Raging 2020s, Alec Ross
The Raging 2020s, Alec Ross
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The Raging 2020s
Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future

Author: Alec Ross

Narrator: Alec Ross

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

In the face of unprecedented global change, New York Times bestselling author Alec Ross proposes a new social contract to restore the balance of power between government, citizens, and business in The Raging 2020s.

For 150 years, there has been a contract. Companies hold the power to shape our daily lives. The state holds the power to make them fall in line. And the people hold the power to choose their leaders. But now, this balance has shaken loose.

As the market consolidates, the lines between big business and the halls of Congress have become razor-thin. Private companies have become as powerful as countries. As Walter Isaacson said about Alec Ross’s first book, The Industries of the Future, “The future is already hitting us, and Ross shows how it can be exciting rather than frightening.”

Through interviews with the world’s most influential thinkers and stories of corporate activism and malfeasance, government failure and renewal, and innovative economic and political models, Ross proposes a new social contract—one that resets the equilibrium between corporations, the governing, and the governed.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

About Alec Ross

Alec Ross is one of the world’s leading experts on innovation. Author of New York Times-bestselling The Industries of the Future, he is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at The University of Bologna Business School and a Board Partner at Amplo, a global venture capital firm. He was as a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and a Senior Fellow at the Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs. During the Obama Administration, he served as Senior Advisor for Innovation to the Secretary of State, to help modernize the practice of diplomacy and advance America’s foreign policy interests. He also served as the Convener for the Technology & Media Policy Committee on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ari on July 29, 2021

This is one of the best books I have read that describes not only the world we live in but also the world we are heading towards. If you want to wrap your head around that nagging sense that something is deeply wrong with the world today, this book is for you. In fact, anyone who has ever wondered h......more

Goodreads review by JP on July 09, 2021

Somewhere around three quarters through this book, it occurred to me that it was such a useful evaluation of prevalent politico-economic systems that it was a shame to anchor the title so distinctly to the 2020’s. Then I realized that its main point is that right now we’re at a critical point of cho......more

Goodreads review by Jack on October 01, 2022

Stakeholder capitalism, unethical tax havens, the dramatic decline in the power of workers’ unions, China’s infrastructure and surveillance investments in Africa, all of this was new to me. This book really opened my eyes as to how much companies legitimately influence our lives and how we could all......more

Goodreads review by Lydia on October 27, 2021

What a great informative book. Many of us have perceived the tensions detailed in The Raging 2020s but have not had the words to describe them. Ross manages to articulate these concerns in an accessible way. More than that, he identifies where solutions to these challenges will come from. This is cr......more

Goodreads review by Jay on August 12, 2021

If you, like me, feel that something is broken in today's society but can't quite diagnose the problem, you need to read The Raging 2020s. Ross shows how the inequality, dysfunction, and unrest we see across our society are all interconnected and offers a compelling argument for how we can begin att......more