Young at Eighty: the prolific public life of Michael Young

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‘Young at Eighty’ is a collection of essays in tribute to Michael Young by some of the people who have been influenced by him during his remarkable life. This book brings together evaluations of Michael’s ideas, analyses of his contribution to particular organisations and causes, personal tributes from colleagues, attempts to analyse what makes him tick, and explorations of issues which are close to his heart.

Harvard’s Professor Daniel Bell once described him as ‘the world’s most successful entrepreneur of social enterprises’. Michael Young left a remarkable legacy of ideas and institutions, including the Open University and Consumers’ Association, which had enormous impact on the day-to-day lives of millions of people.

As a tribute to his achievements and inspiration, colleagues and friends presented him with this book on his eightieth birthday. Reissued in 2005 with a new preface by Geoff Mulgan, this extraordinary collection of personal portraits of one of the great thinkers of the late twentieth century and a brilliantly practical man of action makes illuminating, enlivening reading.

Young at Eighty shows how a leading social entrepreneur works, and what it is like to work with one.

Authors

Edited by Tony Flower, Kate Gavron and Geoff Dench.

Contributors are:

• Paul Barker
• Daniel Bell
• Tessa Blackstone
• Asa Briggs
• Vincent Brome
• Ann Cartwright
• Sue Chisholm
• David Davies
• Malcolm Dean
• Geoff Dench
• Tony Dodds
• Ronald Dore
• Mary Douglas
• Tony Flower
• Kate Gavron
• Robert Gavron
• A H Halsey
• Peter Laslett
• Peter Marris
• Andrew McIntosh
• Jeremy Mitchell
• Marianne Rigge
• W G Runciman
• Naomi Sargant
• Tom Schuller
• Trevor Smith
• Kirsteen Tait
• Patricia Thomas
• Wyn Tucker
• Roger Warren Evans
• Peter Wilmott
• Alison Young