Seven Ways to Change the World
| Author | Gordon Brown |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 10 June 2021 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 512 |
| ISBN | 9781398503618 |
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Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face is a non-fiction by the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. It was published on 10 June 2021 by Simon & Schuster.
Content
[edit]Brown considers the 2010s to be a "wasted decade".[1] One of the main themes of the book is that the 2020s should not develop in the same way.[1]
Much of the book focuses on Brown's opposition to populism and his ideas on how to improve co-operation and how to reform international institutions.[2]
Reception
[edit]Seven Ways received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Seven Ways was characterised in a review in the Guardian as showing the regret he felt over not "exploiting" the 2008 financial crisis more "vigorously" to push for international reforms.[3] In the New Statesman, characterises it as having a "fluency" which was rarely present during Brown's premiership.[4] Prospect described Seven Ways as having a "whiff of hubris".[2]
Seven Ways was described in the Financial Times as a "magisterial synthesis" of different ideas for how to make the world "fairer" and to improve international co-operation.[5]
A review in The Times described Seven Ways as "recycling" the argument of The Work of Nations by Robert Reich.[6] The Scotsman described Seven Ways as "lucid and energetic" in a review which also compared it to Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gamble, Andrew (1 December 2021). "Gordon Brown, Seven Ways to Change the World: How to Fix the Most Pressing Problems We Face". Society. 58 (6): 520–522. doi:10.1007/s12115-021-00651-2. ISSN 1936-4725.
- ^ a b Hellowell, Mark (12 July 2021). "Gordon Brown's serious solutions are out of tune with the age". Prospect. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Davies, William (10 June 2021). "Seven Ways to Change the World by Gordon Brown review – a restless search for answers". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Bush, Stephen (3 September 2021). "Gordon Brown's convincing and clear-sighted vision for the future". The New Statesman. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Woods, Ngaire (18 June 2021). "Gordon Brown's Seven Ways to Change the World — softening the hard blows of globalisation". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Goodhart, David (13 June 2021). "Go Big by Ed Miliband; Seven Ways to Change the World by Gordon Brown, reviews". The Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ McMillan, Joyce (11 June 2021). "Book review: Seven Ways To Change The World, by Gordon Brown". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2025.