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The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn toward the Local
A great political debate has emerged over the many unexpected and profound consequences of the rush toward the global economy. The world's political and corporate leaders are restructuring the planet's economy and political arrangements in ways that will affect humans and the environment more than anything since the Industrial Revolution. Global institutions such as GATT, ...more
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
January 1st 1997
by Sierra Club Books
(first published 1996)
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Written in '94 I believe, does feel a bit dated, but still entirely relevant.
The really exciting part was the last section of four, which deals with actual initiatives one can take on the local level, rather than the same old bad-old-Bretton-Woods-institutions lecture, which the book has quite the redundantly excessive share of. Would even go almost as far as to suggest ripping that last section out and tossing the rest (into the compost pile, of course).
The really exciting part was the last section of four, which deals with actual initiatives one can take on the local level, rather than the same old bad-old-Bretton-Woods-institutions lecture, which the book has quite the redundantly excessive share of. Would even go almost as far as to suggest ripping that last section out and tossing the rest (into the compost pile, of course).
A prescient read. From the environment to labor, this is a must for anyone who wants to understand the dark follies of the global market. Hard to believe Sierra Club books published this one, given their close affair with Mr. Neoliberal himself, Bill Clinton.
makes you think...i took an ethics class that taught a certain teaching and the exact same concept was taught in the opposite way for my international business class...go figure
This book lives in my bathroom too. I've had it for years but it's too much for me to just read through, I do find it really useful and informative (and depressing) though...
Widescale replacing of the dollar with a barter economy...
Great.
I'll stick with Ayn Rand.
Great.
I'll stick with Ayn Rand.
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It's time to refocus on the local economy, while stringently protecting the human rights of those abroad.
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