Reforming Social Democracy: The Good Society Project - by Henning Meyer

The problems of the financial sector also corresponded with major shortcomings in the construction of the Euro. [...] So why is this the case and what does this mean for the future of social democratic politics? Social Democracy after the Third Way In order to answer these questions one has to understand the development of European social democracy in the decades before the economic crisis. [...] The economic philosophy of the Good Society is routed in the idea of an ecologically sustainable and just economic development that benefits the whole of society, not just a few at the top. [...] The Good Society’s   3   ambition is exactly this: to be the synthesis of a realistic vision of a better society and the practical steps needed to get there. [...] The Good Society going forward The underlying idea of the ‘social democratic moment’ was that the political center ground has shifted in the wake of the economic crisis and that it has shifted towards a more social democratic view of the world.