False dawn : the delusions of global capitalism / John Gray.

By:

Gray, John, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Granta Books ; 2002.Description: xxiii, 262 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781862075306
1862075301

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HF 1713 G779f 2002

Contents:

Acknowledgements & Author’s Note From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market Engineering Free Markets What Globalization Is Not How Global Free Markets Favor the Worst Kinds of Capitalism: A New Gresham’s Law? The United States and the Utopia of Global Capitalism Anarcho‑Capitalism in Post‑Communist Russia Occidental Twilight and the Rise of Asia’s Capitalisms The Ends of Laissez‑Faire

Summary: In False Dawn, political philosopher John Gray argues that the attempt to create a global free-market economy—driven by Western, especially Anglo-American, ideals—is not only misguided but also dangerous and doomed to fail. Gray’s central thesis is that global capitalism is not a natural or inevitable system, but rather a utopian project being artificially imposed on diverse societies with different histories, cultures, and values.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HF 1713 G779f 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000196483

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Acknowledgements & Author’s Note
From the Great Transformation to the Global Free Market
Engineering Free Markets
What Globalization Is Not
How Global Free Markets Favor the Worst Kinds of Capitalism: A New Gresham’s Law?
The United States and the Utopia of Global Capitalism
Anarcho‑Capitalism in Post‑Communist Russia
Occidental Twilight and the Rise of Asia’s Capitalisms
The Ends of Laissez‑Faire

In False Dawn, political philosopher John Gray argues that the attempt to create a global free-market economy—driven by Western, especially Anglo-American, ideals—is not only misguided but also dangerous and doomed to fail.

Gray’s central thesis is that global capitalism is not a natural or inevitable system, but rather a utopian project being artificially imposed on diverse societies with different histories, cultures, and values.

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