Main description:

What part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare? How can we judge the policies offered to us as the recipe for progress?
At a time of global 'permacrisis', Sebastian Taylor applies his extensive frontline experience working with health systems and healthcare in the Global North and South to assess the concrete impact of contemporary liberal values on our welfare, development and environmental survival.
Drawing on research from around the world, he uses health as an objective metric to assess how effective these policies are for individuals and society as a whole.

Contents:

Prologue: Health and civilisation
Crisis: A Timeline
Part 1: Growth
1. Growth, Wealth and Health
2. Health and Trade
3. 'They Go on Because They Have Begun'
Part 2: Freedom
4. The Nature of Freedom
5. The Vaccine Society
6. The Freedom to Fail
7. The Dead Hand of Care
Part 3: Justice
8. The Poverty of Justice
9. Just Health, Just Care
10. A Kingdom of Ends
Part 4: Security
11. War and Peace
12. The Risk Society
Part 5: Democracy
13. One for All
Part 6: Truth
14. Who Counts?
15. Conclusion
Postscript: Crisis in the UK 2022