The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century

A stirring blueprint for American equality, from the breakout stars (The New York Times) of the young new left

Democrat, Republican – the list of presidential candidates confirms that business is proceeding pretty much as usual. The Future We Want proposes something different. In a sharp, rousing collective manifesto, ten young cultural and political critics dismantle the usual liberal solutions to America’s ills and propose a pragmatic alternative.

What would finance look like without Wall Street? Or the workplace with responsibility shared by the entire workforce? From a campaign to limit work hours, to a program for full employment, to proposals for a new feminism, The Future We Want has the courage to think of alternatives that are both utopian and possible.

Brilliantly clear and provocative, The Future We Want – edited by Jacobin magazine founder Bhaskar Sunkara and the Nation’s Sarah Leonard – harnesses the energy and creativity of an angry generation and announces the arrival of a new political left that not only protests but plans.