"A good book to stir up leftists."-Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Business Week "Roberto Mangabeira Unger's book may someday make possible a new national romance . a hitherto undreamt-of national future."-Richard Rorty "A restless visionary."- New York Times "A philosophical mind out of the Third World turning tables, to become a synoptist and seer of the First."-Perry Anderson "Brazil's answer to John Stuart Mill . a political philosopher extraordinaire."- Chronicle of Higher Education "This book has influenced how I think and what I do.

It sets out the principles for a future Left and crucially challenges us to think not just about how we spend revenues but how we might create them."-Neal Lawson, Chair of Compass.