2018, ISBN: 9781925322637

Scribe Publications. Very Good. 14.7 x 21 x 0.7 centimetres (0.1. Paperback. 2018. 218 pages. <br>We are now living in a world where Brexit and Trum p are daily realities. But how d… Mehr…

Scribe Publications. Very Good. 14.7 x 21 x 0.7 centimetres (0.1. Paperback. 2018. 218 pages. <br>We are now living in a world where Brexit and Trum p are daily realities. But how did this come about? And what does it mean for the future? Populism and ultra-nationalism brought about the rise of Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Now, as Tru mp sits in the White House, Britain negotiates its way out of the EU, and countries across Europe see substantial gains in support for the extreme Right, award-winning journalist, author, and his torian Gwynne Dyer asks how we got here, and where we go next. Dyer examines the global challenges facing us all today and expla ins how they have contributed to a world of inequality, poverty, and joblessness, conditions which he argues inevitably lead to th e rise of populism. The greatest threat to social and political s tability, he argues, lies in the rise of automation, which will c ontinue to eliminate jobs, whether politicians admit that it is h appening or not. To avoid a social and political catastrophe, we will have to find ways of putting real money into the pockets of those who have no work. But this is not a book without hope. Ou r capacity for overcoming the worst has been tested again and aga in throughout history, and we have always survived. To do so now, Dyer argues, we must embrace radical solutions to the real diffi culties facing individuals, or find ourselves back in the 1930s w ith no way out. ., Scribe Publications, 2018, 3<