The Common Good is a new governance theory that stands opposed to both the right wing Neoliberal agenda and the left's antidote in Marxism. Rather than imagining that the solutions to our social, political and economic problems rely on finding a sweet spot on a spectrum between these two flawed and failing ideologies, the Common Good sets out a framework for defining and measuring what the maximisation of societal wellbeing looks like.

From an idea grounded in moral philosophy, this book goes on to propose how we can restructure our political institutions to better achieve desired social outcomes for the taxation we pay into them. It also presents a new economic model that could reverse our current deepening debt crisis and build a more resilient national infrastructure.