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What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract by Minouche Shafik But the threat of discoveryOne of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st centuryThis landmark study by Minouche Shafik, Director of the LSE, draws on evidence from across the globe to show that the social contract how we pool risks, share resources and balance individual and collective responsibility shapes not just our wealth and opportunities but the very fabric of our lives. And yet societies everywhere are