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The free-market, small-government model has been an ecological and social disaster for the developing world. In this thought-provoking audiobook, Chandran Nair reframes the potential of strong interventionist governments in shaping the future, highlighting that the laissez-faire, industrialized Western model is not sustainable. The United States alone, with less than 5 percent of the world's population, consumes nearly a quarter of its resources. If countries in Asia, where 60 percent of the world's population lives, try to follow the Western lead, the results will be calamitous. To counter this juggernaut, Nair argues that equitable development is possible only with the involvement of an active and strong effective state that can guide the economy, protect the environment, and prioritize meeting its people's basic needs. This means rethinking the meaning of concepts like prosperity, freedom, and rights, and whether democracy is a prerequisite to ensuring a responsive government. For Nair, the path toward a sustainable future, especially in the large developing nations of the world, in which everyone's basic needs--and thus rights--are met is achievable only if the institutions of the state are strong and not prone to capture by vested interests.

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Chandran Nair is the founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow, an independent Pan-Asian think tank. He is a member of the Club of Rome and was chairman of Environmental Resources Management in Asia Pacific until 2004. He is a regular speaker at global forums including the World Economic Forum, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summits, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation Development events. Peter Noble is an experienced audiobook narrator. Born in South Africa, he was dragged by hippie musicians from his idyllic childhood, where he ran barefoot through rich and matted grass with his dog Bartok, to vegetarian communes from California to India via Lisbon, London, and Findhorn. He picked up a wide range of authentic local accents and character voices along the way.

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