Front Cover -- More Praise for Christian Felber -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Eric Maskin -- Preface -- 1: A Broken System -- Human Values - Values of the Economy -- Values Are Guiding Lights -- Turning Egoism into Common Good -- Dignity Is the Highest Good -- A Free Market? -- Trust Is More Important Than Efficiency -- The Consequences of the Pursuit of Profit and Competition: The Ten Crises of Capitalism -- 2: Defining the Economy for the Common Good -- The Goal of Economic Activity -- Putting the System on a New Course -- Redefining Economic Success -- Measure the Goal, Not the Means -- Measuring the Common Good -- Defining the Common Good -- Demands Made on a Universal Balance Sheet -- Create Market Transparency -- Rewarding Contributions to the Common Good -- Common Good Audits -- Profit as Means -- Permissible Uses of Profits -- Non-Permissible Uses of Profits -- The End of the Compulsion to Growth -- Optimal Size -- Structural Cooperation -- Bankruptcy -- Cooperative Market Regulation -- The Common Good and Globalization -- Social Security and Work Leaves -- Solidarity Income -- Secure Pensions -- 3: The Democratic Bank -- Goals and Services -- Transparency and Security -- Financing, Refinancing, Bankruptcy -- Interest and Inflation -- Social and Ecological Credit Assessment -- Eco-Social Venture Capital and Common Good Stock Markets -- Subsidiarity, Democracy, Regulation, Transparency -- Relationship to Private Banks -- The Central Bank and Global Cooperation -- Global Currency Union and Globo -- Regional Money -- Conclusion -- What Are We Waiting for? -- 4: Property -- Negative Feedback -- Limitation of Income Inequity -- Restriction of Private Assets.

Democratization of Corporations -- Employee Participation -- Retaining Profits in Companies -- Restriction of the Right to Inherit, Generations Fund and "Democratic Dowry" -- Real Estate -- Inheritance of Enterprises -- Endowments -- "Democratic Commons" -- Ownership of Nature -- Liberty and Equality -- 5: Motivation and Meaning -- Motivation -- Meaning -- Childrearing and Education -- 6: Advancing Democracy -- We Are the Sovereign! -- Expansion of the Separation of Powers -- A Three-Step Direct Democracy -- Separation of Constituent and Constitutional Power -- An Economic Convention -- A Convention on Education -- A Public Services Convention -- A Media Convention -- A Democracy Convention -- A Three-Pillar Democracy -- 7: Real World Examples -- 1. Mondragón - The World's Largest Cooperative (In the Basque Region of Spain) -- 2. Sekem - Organic Farming in the Desert (Egypt) -- 3. Göttin Des Glücks ("Goddess of Fortune") and Craft Aid - Eco-Fair Textiles (Mauritius/Austria) -- 4. Fair Trade - Appreciating the People Behind the Products (58 Producing Countries) -- 5. SEMCO - "Industrial Democracy" (Brazil) -- 6. Community-Supported Agriculture (USA and Worldwide) -- 7. Regionalwert AG - Regional Equity Capital (Germany) -- 8. Ethical Banks in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria -- 9. John Lewis - A Role Model for Employee Ownership (UK) -- 10. Gea, Gugler, Sonnentor, Thoma, Zotter - Pioneers in Various Branches (Austria) -- 11. Cecosesola - A Multi-Cooperative (Venezuela) -- 12. A Solidarity-Based Economy (Brazil) -- 13. Open Source (Global) -- 14. "Non-Profit" - 170,000 Workplaces in Non-Profit Organizations (Austria) -- 15. Satisfaction of Needs and Volunteer Work at No Cost (Anywhere, Anytime) -- 8: Putting It into Practice -- 1. Pioneer Groups.

2. Substantive Level: Expert Teams -- 3. Geographic Level: Local Chapters -- 4. Legal Level: International Associations -- Positive Feedback (Reinforcement Mechanisms) -- Strategic Networking -- Paving the Way to the Conventions -- How Can I Participate? -- In Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Frequently Asked Questions -- Appendix 2: Facts, Figures and a Twenty-Point Summary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.