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Citizens

Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us

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By: Jon Alexander
Narrated by: Jon Alexander, Brian Eno
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Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive – as individuals, as organisations, as nations, even as a species.

Jon Alexander's consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise some of Britain's biggest organisations such as the Co-op, The Guardian and the National Trust. Here, with the New York Times bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how human history has moved from the Subject Story of kings and empires to the current Consumer Story. Now, he argues compellingly, it is time to enter the Citizen Story.

Because when our institutions treat people as citizens rather than consumers, everything changes. Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation.

Citizens is an upbeat handbook, full of insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of Birmingham. It is the perfect pick-me-up for leaders, founders, elected officials – and citizens everywhere.

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I like the analysis of different types of governments that are possible and the fact that the old stasis is breaking down. Good examples of positive alternatives.

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And about time!

A case for moving away from the consumer or subject economy and into a more value aligned community one.

Now we just need to figure out how to get rid of GDP as the "magic metric" and replace it with a value based, social and environmental justice based economic measure.

Check out also Albert Wenger's recent book The World After Capital (not in audio yet), a great complementary work.

time for a new philosophy, well presented

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