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Betterness: Economics for Humans is a powerful call to arms for a post-capitalist economy. Umair Haque argues that just as positive psychology revolutionized our understanding of mental health by recasting the field as more than just treating mental illness, we need to rethink our economic paradigm. Why? Because business as we know it has reached a state of diminishing returns—though we work harder and harder, we never seem to get anywhere. This has led to a diminishing of the common wealth: wage stagnation, widening economic inequality, the depletion of the natural world, and more. To get out of this trap, we need to rethink the future of human exchange. In short, we need to get out of business and into betterness. HBR Singles provide brief yet potent business ideas, in digital form, for today's thinking professional. Amazon.com Review Business writer and thinker Umair Haque minces no words when he declares, "The corporation as you know it is obsolete." Betterness argues that we're entering a new era. Say goodbye to the industrial-age business mentality which seeks financial returns for shareholders above all else. The problem with a single-minded obsession with short-term fin

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Author

Umair Haque

Publisher

Harvard University

Published

2011

Language

EN

Category

business

Subjects

Economics, Business

Rating

4.05 / 5 (257 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14