Upgraded: A New Economics for the Crises Facing Our Time

by Roman Senoner

Environmental degradation, health crises, financial stress, crime, and conflict. Challenges are adding up at an alarming pace, and it seems hardly a day goes by without the outbreak of another crisis. Meanwhile, politics is preoccupied with superfluous topics that have little impact on everyday lives. The reality is that politics can only do so much. We urgently need to update our economic thinking match the problems of the 21st century. It is economics that lies at the heart of these problems, and only economics can solve them.

Grounded in Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which describes society from an ethical, operational perspective, Upgraded delivers a jargon-free critique of the tenets pushed by mainstream economists with wit and charm. Nothing is more urgently required than giving people the tools to become economically literate and move past the outdated concepts that hold our societies to ransom.

Mankind’s noblest aspirations are entirely feasible, and Upgraded explains just how, in making a case for more efficient, more effective systems deeply rooted in logic and empathy.

100 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 13, 2024