The Republic of InnovationAndrea Lorenzo CapusselaLabel: Polity PressDescription: We cling to a distorted idea of freedom. To be free we commonly think means to be unconstrained. This widespread belief makes our societies less fair as it fails to confront that freedom to act can mean freedom to dominate. But as Andrea Capussela argues in this highly original combination of philosophy and economics that is not all: it also makes us less prosperous.True freedom Capussela writes arises when no one is subject to another’s will be that the will of an employer Big Tech or the so-called elite. A society that strives toward this higher ideal will become more innovative as increasing numbers of people are granted enough security to flourish experiment and take risks. Capussela intertwines political philosophy with cutting-edge theories of economic growth presenting the synergy between them as the basis for political programmes that can help western democracies rise above the legacy of neoliberalism and overcome their crisis.
