Gordon Brown, Seven Ways to Change the World: How to Fix the Most Pressing Problems We Face

Abstract

Includes index. "When the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, it created an unprecedented impact, greater than the aftermath of 9/11 or the global financial crisis. But out of such disruption can come a new way of thinking, and in this superb new book former UK prime minister Gordon Brown offers his solutions to the challenges we face in 2021 and beyond. He states that there are seven major global problems we must address: global health; climate change and environmental damage; nuclear proliferation; global financial instability; the humanitarian crisis and global poverty; the barriers to education and opportunity; and global inequality and its biggest manifestation, global tax havens. Each one presents an immense challenge that requires an urgent global response and solution. All should be on the world's agenda today. None can be solved by one nation acting on its own, but all can be addressed if we work together as a global community. However, Brown remains optimistic that, despite the many obstacles in our way, we will find a path to regeneration via a new era of global order. Yes, there is a crisis of globalisation, but we are beginning to see the means by which it might be resolved. Crises create opportunities and having two at once shouldn't just focus the mind, it might even be seen as giving greater grounds for hope. In Seven Ways to Change the World, Brown provides an authoritative and inspirational pathway to a better future that is essential reading for policy makers and concerned citizens alike"--Publisher's description Preface -- Part one. Learning from our past -- Introduction -- 1. The 'BC' world -- Part two. Challenging our present: seven ways to change the world -- 2. Preventing pandemics: the future of global health -- 3. A new kind of economy: a global growth plan for the 2020s -- A global Green New Deal: five routes to a zero-carbon future -- Unlocking the world's potential: an education revolution -- The humanitarian challenge: meeting the sustainable development goals -- 7. Abolishing tax havens: the first step to tackling inequality -- Eliminating nuclear weapons: towards a decade of disarmament -- Part three. Shaping our future -- 9. 'One world, two systems': avoiding a China-US Cold War -- Tacking populist nationalism head on: from nationalism to patriotism -- Conclusion: the power of hope.