Barely a day goes by without a new initiative being proposed as a solution that will put an end to one of the problems bedevilling our world. Be that the impending recession, climate change or brutal armed conflicts, everyone seems to be offering a quick fix for the next global breakdown. Yet few address the most fundamental question: "Why can’t we all be happy?"

John Bapty Oates attempts to redress this imbalance in his ambitiously titled book: The Wrong Reality: The Essential Truth About Ourselves and Our World. Although the first edition of the book was completed in 1990, when the nature of the problems facing the world were different, Oates’ thesis regarding the underlying cause of social, economic, political and moral dysfunction remains the same: in a nutshell, while we allow ourselves to be guided by competitive material instincts, conflict and disharmony will always ensue.

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