JAMES ROBERTSON was, from 1953 to 1965, a British government policymaker. In 1960, he travelled with British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan on the historic Wind of Change tour in Africa. After three years in management consultancy and systems analysis, he set up and led an inter-bank research organization. Between 1965 and 1973 he took part in various inquiries on the organization of British government and on London's future as a world financial center. Since 1973 he has worked independently as a writer and thinker on alternative futures and economic and social change. His earlier books include The Sane Alternative, Future Work, and Future Wealth (1990).

• Foreword Introduction Post-Industrial Liberation (1977) A Post-Marxist Strategy (1978) The Political Economy of a Conserving Society (1979) Work (1980) After the Welfare State (1980) A New Politics (1984) Money (1984) Towards a Post-Modern Worldview (1990) Health Devil's Tunes Beyond Horseshit Economics Monetary Democracy for Europe (1992) After Keynes and Thatcher: What Now? An Open Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1993) What's Wrong with Nuclear Power? (1993) Social Investment (1995) A New Social Compact (1996) Epilogue (1997) Index

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