The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System - Couverture rigide

Mander, Jerry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1582437173 ISBN 13 : 9781582437170

Editeur : Counterpoint, 2012

Synopsis

In the vein of his bestseller, Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, nationally recognized social critic Jerry Mander researches, discusses, and exposes the momentous and unsolvable environmental and social problem of capitalism.

Mander argues that capitalism is no longer a viable system: "What may have worked in 1900 is calamitous in 2010." Capitalism, utterly dependent on never–ending economic growth, is an impossible absurdity on a finite planet with limited resources. Climate change, together with global food, water, and resource shortages, are only the start.

Mander draws attention to capitalism's obsessive need to dominate and undermine democracy, as well as to diminish social and economic equity. Designed to operate free of "morality," the system promotes "permanent war" as a key economic strategy. Worst of all, the problems of capitalism are intrinsic to the form. Many organizations are already anticipating the breakdown of the system and are working to define new hierarchies of democratic values that respect the carrying capacities of the planet.

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À propos de l'auteur

Called the the patriarch of the anti–Globalization movement by The New York Times, Jerry Mander was Founder and is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Forum on Globalization. He also spent 15 years in the advertising business as president of Freeman, Mander & Gossage, including producing the famous Sierra Club campaigns of the 1960s that saved the Grand Canyon. He has BS and MS degrees in international economics, and he lives in Northern California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Counterpoint
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1582437173
• ISBN 13: 9781582437170
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible