The Case Against the Global Economy: And for a Turn Toward the Local

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871563525 ISBN 13: 9780871563521

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1997

A point-by-point analysis of the premises and implications of economic globalization

Review:

'The arguments for community self-sufficiency and the strenghtening of the 'social economy' at local level give the necessary positive spin to the book, helping to ensure its message survives the months and years to come.' The Food Magazine

About the Author:

Edward goldsmith is the founder of The Ecologist, Europe's leading environmental magazine, and author of numerous books, including A Blueprint for Survival, A Stable Society and the Way: An Ecological Worldview. He is also a member of the International Forum on Globalization Jerry Mander is president, programme director of the Foundation for Deep Ecology and a senior fellow at the Public Media Center, a non-profit social and environmental advertising company. His books include Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and In the Absence of the Sacred.