Capitalism's Last Stand?: Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity
Author(s): Walden Bello (Author)
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: 13 Jun. 2013
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1780320469
ISBN-13: 9781780320465
Book Description
‘Walden Bello is the world’s leading no-nonsense revolutionary.’ – Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
In this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism’s multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Bello’s analysis of the collapse of the global real economy, covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of the Greek economy, and the rise of China, emphasizes the ever more pressing need to engage in a radical process of deglobalization towards a decentralized, pluralistic world system. Only then will we be able to construct a fairer and more equitable society.
A stirring call to arms for all those interested in global economic justice.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Deploying his wide-ranging knowledge of political economy and his experiences as a movement activist, Waldon Bello dissects conventional diagnoses and solutions to planetary crises, offering his own proposals for deglobalization. Magnificently lucid, this is a must-read for all interested in capitalism’s threat to human survival. –Michael Burawoy, University of California at Berkeley
Walden Bello is the world’s leading no-nonsense revolutionary. –Naomi Klein, author of ‘This Changes Everything’ and ‘The Shock Doctrine’
Walden Bello’s work has been consistently outstanding, highly informative and full of insight. –Noam Chomsky
About the Author
Walden Bello is a member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines. He is currently also an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton and at St Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada; he has also been professor of sociology at the University of the Philippines. He was founding director of the Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South and the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) in Oakland, California. He is the author or co-author of seventeen books, including Dilemmas of Domination: the Unraveling of the American Empire (Zed Books, 2006) and Deglobalization: Ideas for a New World Economy (Zed Books, 2004). He obtained his Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University.
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