The Efficient Society: Why Canada Is As Close To Utopia As It Gets
May 2002 · Sold by Penguin Canada
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In this fascinating account of what makes Canada such a successful society, Joseph Heath celebrates the much-maligned value of efficiency and asks some searching questions about the forces that threaten to undermine our quality of life. Canada is an efficient society, much more efficient than our neighbour to the south, where personal liberty takes precedence over collective well-being. This is one of the reasons, Heath argues, that the United Nations Annual Human Development Report consistently ranks Canada as the best place in the world to live. But this efficiency is under siege. Can we resist the allure of short-sighted tax cuts? Can we maintain our quality of life in the face of relentless pressure to increase our productivity - both at work and at home?
This is a profound and important look at how government and business conspire to improve our lives - and at the dramatic changes that will decide our social and economic future.
About the author
Joseph Heath is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto. He holds a BA from McGill and a PhD in philosophy from Northwestern University. In 1998, he was the Olmsted Visiting Scholar in ethics, politics, and economics at Yale. His latest book is The Efficient Society: Why Canada Is as Close to Utopia as It Gets.
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