The neoliberal ideal—that markets would create both economic and political freedom and that our economy and politics should therefore privilege individual private choice and profit-driven private-sector companies above all—has dominated our thinking in the US and around the world for decades. The empirical results are clear though: Neoliberalism has failed, decimating economic growth and stability, driving racial and gender inequality, and hollowing out democracy itself.

As we awaken from the neoliberal trance, what we need is a coherent worldview that encompasses a new set of common understandings: about how our economy can work for more people, how our politics and society can solve problems, and how we can live our values.

In The Emerging Worldview: How New Progressivism Is Moving Beyond Neoliberalism, Roosevelt President and CEO Felicia Wong reviews the work of over 150 thinkers across a range of disciplines and finds the signs of a new progressivism as a promising alternative to neoliberalism.

“The data, the research, and the policy proposals show a path toward a healthier, more balanced economy and democracy,” she says. “Whether and how progressives get there will depend on the politics and on their ability to develop a common language and make common cause across a wealth of thinking that believes, most of all, in the public good.”