{"product_id":"justice-is-an-option-robert-meister-9780226702889","title":"Justice Is an Option: A Democratic Theory of Finance for the Twenty-First Century","description":"More than ten years after the worst crisis since the Great Depression, the financial sector is thriving. But something is deeply wrong. Taxpayers bore the burden of bailing out \"too big to fail\" banks, but got nothing in return. Inequality has soared, and a populist backlash against elites has shaken the foundations of our political order. Meanwhile, financial capitalism seems more entrenched than ever. What is the left to do? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustice Is an Option\u003c\/i\u003e uses those problems-and the framework of finance that created them-to reimagine historical justice. Robert Meister returns to the spirit of Marx to diagnose our current age of finance. Instead of closing our eyes to the political and economic realities of our era, we need to grapple with them head-on. Meister does just that, asking whether the very tools of finance that have created our vastly unequal world could instead be made to serve justice and equality. Meister here formulates nothing less than a democratic financial theory for the twenty-first century-one that is equally conversant in political philosophy, Marxism, and contemporary politics. \u003ci\u003eJustice Is an Option\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical, invigorating first page of a new-and sorely needed-leftist playbook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Meister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022670288X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226702889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Robert Meister","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072003490047,"sku":"9780226702889","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7c01242-4de7-4a6b-9009-dd8b8bb21d72.jpg?v=1753415528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/justice-is-an-option-robert-meister-9780226702889","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}