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Chomsky, N. 1999. Profit Over People - Neoliberalism and Global Order. Seven Stories Press, New York, USA. Rating: JJJJ About the Author: Noam Chomsky is not only a political analyst, but also a well-known linguist. He is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1955.. Books by
the same author: The
New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo; The Common Good; The
Fateful Triangle; Acts of Aggression (with Ramsey Clark and Edward
Said); 9-11, Manufacturing Consent; Rogue States; Deterring Democracy;
Powers and Prospects; World Orders, Old and New;Year 501: The
Conquest Continues; |
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Review In this book, Chomsky turns his
attention to neoliberalism, the process whereby private financial
interests are allowed to dictate the rules of society, in order
to better maximise profits. He analyses the tremendously deleterious
impact of the free-market on social fairness, on the environment,
and on the democratic process. Among the culprits he singles out
for exacerbating the gap between rich and poor, he singles out
the IMF, the World Trade Organisation, the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
As a result, inequality is growing not only between rich countries
and poor countries, but also within the United States and other
industrialised nations. Moreover, neoliberalism is applied preferentially
to the developing countries, in order to open their markets for
Western goods, while the Western nations unashamedly continue
to use public money to help their leading industries outcompete
those of the third world. Chomsky is not against globalisation,
but he simply believes in another, more human form of globalisation,
in a worldwide drive for equality between human beings. |
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