In a collection of essays on a failing system, the author questions whether the end will come with a bang or a whimper. 'The most interesting person on the most urgent subject of our times' Aditya Chakrabortty, "Guardian"

Wolfgang Streeck is a Senior Research Associate and Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. He is a Member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.