Faith And Credit: The World Bank's Secular Empire

Fabrizio Sabelli

ISBN 10: 0140241019 / ISBN 13: 9780140241013

Published by Penguin, 1994

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR003999331

Synopsis:

The authors compare the ideologies of the free-market with religious faith, giving the World Bank the role of a secular church setting out to convert the world's underdeveloped economies to the consumer capitalist way, and so to create an enormous secular empire. This book is published in September 1994 to coincide with the World Bank's 50th anniversary. Susan George is the author of "Ill Fares the Land", "How the Other Half Dies", "A Fate Worse than Debt" - winner of the 1988 US World Hunger Media Awards and French UNICEF Committee Prize 1989.

About the Author: Susan George is associate director of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam. She is the author of How the Other Half Dies, A Fate Worse Than Debt, Ill Fares the Land, and The Debt Boomerang . She works with a number of nongovernmental organizations and serves on the boards of Greenpeace International and Greenpeace France. Fabrizio Sabelli is professor at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Geneva and the University Neuchatel. He has authored and coauthored several books, most recently La Mythologie Programmee and Recherche Anthropologique et Developpement.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Faith And Credit: The World Bank's Secular ...
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair