TY - BOOK AU - Romeo, Nick. TI - The alternative: how to build a just economy SN - 978-1541701595 U1 - 174ROM PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Public Affairs KW - Economics--Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index N2 - Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century ? widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world ? many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows efficiently to necessary projects; massive inequality is the unavoidable side effect of economic growth; people are selfish and will only behave well with the right incentives ER -