num_pages: 256
description: From one of the leading policy experts of our time an urgent rethinking of how we can better support each other to thriveWhether we realize it or not all of us participate in the social contract every day through mutual obligations among our family community place of work and fellow citizens. Caring for others paying taxes and benefiting from public services define the social contract that supports and binds us together as a society. Today however our social contract has been broken by changing gender roles technology new models of work aging and the perils of climate change.Minouche Shafik takes us through stages of life we all experienceraising children getting educated falling ill working growing oldand shows how a reordering of our societies is possible. Drawing on evidence and examples from around the world she shows how every country can provide citizens with the basics to have a decent life and be able to contribute to society. But we owe each other more than this. A more generous and inclusive society would also share more risks collectively and ask everyone to contribute for as long as they can so that everyone can fulfill their potential. What We Owe Each Other identifies the key elements of a better social contract that recognizes our interdependencies supports and invests more in each other and expects more of individuals in return.Powerful hopeful and thought-provoking What We Owe Each Other provides practical solutions to current challenges and demonstrates how we can build a better societytogether.
language: English
title: What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society
publisher: Princeton University Press