When Omtzigt wrote it, he was number 2 on the candidate list of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) for the 2021 Dutch general election.

[1] The book serves as the basis for the political party New Social Contract, which Omtzigt founded for the 2023 Dutch general election.

[2] The lead chapter of A New Social Contract is a personal interview with Omtzigt conducted by Vlieger.

Omtzigt makes ten proposals for this in the book, including: A New Social Contract sold 18,000 copies within two weeks.

[5] It reached first place in August 2023, when the book reappeared on the list after Omtzigt had founded his eponymous political party.