This books brings together scholarly works on the Economy for the Common Good (ECG), both from conceptual and empirical perspectives. The contributions were presented at the first-ever international scientific conference on this topic in Bremen, Germany, organised by the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (Institut für Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung) of Hochschule Bremen – City University of Applied Sciences and the Research Council of the Economy for the Common Good (Forschungsverein der Gemeinwohlökonomie e.V.) in November 2019. The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) can be considered as a new approach in-line with several socio-economic and political approaches that aim to frame economic activity within ecological and social boundaries. But different to other approaches, the ECG aims to embed economic activities into a broader cultural and social context and to link them with the core human values of dignity, solidarity, social justice, environmental sustainability, democracy and transparency. The movement started in 2010 with the publication of the book "Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie" (Economy for the Common Good) by Christian Felber and the presentation of a first version of the common good balance sheet by a group of Austrian entrepreneurs. Since then, the movement has spread from the German-speaking countries to other countries, especially in Europe and Latin America.

Auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse einer 2020 durchgeführten repräsentativen Bevölkerungsumfrage zeigen die Autorinnen und Autoren, wie stark sich die Gesellschaft polarisiert und wie sehr sich die extreme Rechte inzwischen radikalisiert hat. Dass ihr dabei dennoch mittels Antisemitismus, Verschwörungsmythen und Antifeminismus der Anschluss an die gesellschaftliche Mitte gelingt, verdeutlicht, wie groß die Herausforderungen sind, vor denen wir alle stehen.