Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order
by Noam Chomsky, Robert W. McChesney
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This is a pretty good read from Chomsky on globalization. He makes a distinction between free market ideology (which is what we push on developing countries) and what he calls really existing free market doctrine, which is free markets for you and subsidies and protectionism for me. It fits in with his entire approach of exposing the US contempt for the policies that it pushes on the rest of the world. It's a collection of previous magazine articles, but he did expand them a little, so it's w...more
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Read in January, 2005
Chomsky has a gift for picking apart convincingly the arguments that others use to support the Global status quo. In this book he discusses how "free trade" really isn't free and how US and Western European policies have helped keep the undeveloped world poor. Not for the faint of heart or anyone who voted for Bush.
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I expected a political book, which this is, but the primary focus is economics (so far). I really like it, although I'm not sure if I'm following him all that well. :)
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a lot of words to say not that much
of course i agree with him, though
just wish he were more conscise and direct in his messaging
of course i agree with him, though
just wish he were more conscise and direct in his messaging
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Read in January, 1999
There are some redundancies in the book, but as usual Chomsky lays it out plainly: this is hardly a democracy by definition.
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His works always make me uncomfortable. Jorge calls it hippie crap. It makes me sad we put money before neighbor.
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Read in September, 2006
recommends it for:
all of you guys!!!
awesome!!!
anyway... certainly you've already know what happen when chomsky published a book. histeria!
anyway... certainly you've already know what happen when chomsky published a book. histeria!
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Read in October, 2007
I learned about the MAI, ten years on. That was a victory for the people, defeating that.
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Read in July, 2005
Pretty boring but outlines neo-liberalism quite nicely
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Has a copy to sell/swap
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Read in July, 1999
Hey it's a Chomsky, what do you expect?
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