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What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract Condition:Very Good Hong Kong and ChinaOne of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st century. The social contract shapes our political institutions, legal systems and material conditions, but also the organisation of family and community, our well being, relationships and life prospects. And yet everywhere, the social contract is failing. Accelerating changes in technology, demography and climate will reshape our world in ways