The Global Crisis Makers: An End to Progress and Liberty? / Edition 1

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Overview

The author argues that we should not be diverted by the East Asian 'meltdown', which is a predictable outcome of global dynamics. Of real concern, however, is the 'hidden crisis', which has been inadvertently engineered by neoliberal economists who dominate the world's financial institutions. They are the global crisis makers, who have convinced governments to abandon strategic leadership and to impose crippling deflationary policies. By employing the innovative theoretical empirical work published in his recent series of remarkable books, Graeme Snooks shows how this threat to progress and liberty can be overcome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312234201
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/30/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

Graeme Donald Snooks is Coghlan Professor in Economics, Institute of Advance Studies, Australian National University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mythical World of the Crisis Makers
• The Real Global Crisis
• Who are the Crisis Makers?
• What is Really Happening Globally?
• The Recent Collapse of Strategic Leadership
• An End to Progress and Liberty
• The Confusion of the Crisis Makers
• A New Strategic Way
• Future Choices and Future Worlds

Editorial Reviews

Forget the so-called East Asian meltdown, warns Snooks (economics, Australian National U.-Canberra). People's main concern should be the hidden crisis engineered by neoliberal economists who have convinced governments to abandon strategic leadership and to impose crippling deflationary policies. He argues that the trends endanger progress by slowing economic growth, and endanger liberty by causing the frustrated strategists to turn increasingly to the radical right. He draws on the theoretical and empirical approaches he has used before to show the way out of the trap. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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