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| 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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Shadow Chancellor Chancellor of the Exchequer Post-premiership | ||
Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face is a non-fiction book 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.
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]
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]
