Ill Fares the Land

By Tony Judt

Categories: History

Ill Fares the Land is a 2010 book by historian Tony Judt, written while he was paralyzed by ALS and published shortly before his death. He argues that Western societies abandoned the social-democratic consensus of the postwar decades for a narrow faith in markets and private wealth, and calls for a renewed politics of the common good.

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• Fareed Zakaria: “His most recent book is called "Ill Fares the Land," and it is Tony's passionate defense of social democracy... it is a compelling, heartfelt, and beautifully written argument with many insights into America, his adopted country.”