Covers a broad range of themes developed by the important thinkers; from John Locke, Adam Smith and Karl Marx to Milton Friedman, Peter Drucker and Robert Reich. The author also explores all-encompassing problems from human needs vs. environmental crises to issues of consumerism vs. citizenship. A pathbreaking work, this book is essential reading for anyone attempting to come to grips with the crises of the contemporary world and seek the common ground of their solution.