de Rivero, Oswaldo.
The Myth of Development : Non-viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (173 pages) - Global Issues . - Global Issues .
Intro -- About the author -- Introduction -- Excerpt from the Introduction to the First Edition, 2001 -- 1 | The Twilight of the Nation-State -- Quasi nation-states -- Perforated sovereignties -- Powerless powers -- 2 | Global Empowerment and National Impoverishment -- The new global aristocracy -- The supranational clergy -- The international third estate -- 3 | International Darwinism -- From Adam Smith to Charles Darwin -- The global jungle -- Deproletarianization and dematerialization -- 4 | The Search for El Dorado -- Thinking the unthinkable -- Non-viable national economies (NNEs) -- Non-development -- 5 | Human and Natural Depredation -- Treatment as a different species -- Ungovernable chaotic entities (UCEs) -- Peace enforcement and intensive care -- The Anthropocene -- An indicator of barbarism -- 6 | The Crisis of the California Model -- The physical-social imbalance -- The decisive factors -- The Pact for Survival -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
The message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to.
9781848135857
Electronic books.
HC59.7.R54 2010
338.9
The Myth of Development : Non-viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (173 pages) - Global Issues . - Global Issues .
Intro -- About the author -- Introduction -- Excerpt from the Introduction to the First Edition, 2001 -- 1 | The Twilight of the Nation-State -- Quasi nation-states -- Perforated sovereignties -- Powerless powers -- 2 | Global Empowerment and National Impoverishment -- The new global aristocracy -- The supranational clergy -- The international third estate -- 3 | International Darwinism -- From Adam Smith to Charles Darwin -- The global jungle -- Deproletarianization and dematerialization -- 4 | The Search for El Dorado -- Thinking the unthinkable -- Non-viable national economies (NNEs) -- Non-development -- 5 | Human and Natural Depredation -- Treatment as a different species -- Ungovernable chaotic entities (UCEs) -- Peace enforcement and intensive care -- The Anthropocene -- An indicator of barbarism -- 6 | The Crisis of the California Model -- The physical-social imbalance -- The decisive factors -- The Pact for Survival -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
The message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to.
9781848135857
Electronic books.
HC59.7.R54 2010
338.9
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