Obsolescent Capitalism: Contemporary Politics and Global Disorder/ (Record no. 4841)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781842773215 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Amin, Samir |
| 9 (RLIN) | 5893 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Obsolescent Capitalism: Contemporary Politics and Global Disorder/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Samir Amin |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London؛ |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Zed Books; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 208p; |
| Dimensions | 22x14cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The author explores the structural and systemic devastation capitalism has caused in the world, exposing its real ambition of maintaining the wealth of the wealthy, at the cost of everything else. Capitalism is going senile. Its ambition is now restricted to maintaining the wealth of the wealthy in the world, while the poor, condemned to remain out of the loop, are increasingly demonized as the enemy. This is the theme of Samir Amin's major new book, in which the celebrated analyst presents a synoptic view of capitalism's future. He depicts a world in which NATO and socalled coalitions of the willing have taken over the role of the United Nations, in which US hegemony is more or less complete, in which millions are condemned to die in order to preserve the social order of the US, Europe and Japan. Samir Amin's analyses of the Gulf War, the wars in former Yugoslavia and the war in Central Asia reveal the scope of US strategic aims. He explains why Macdonald's hamburgers need McDonnell-Douglas's F-16s, arguing that the political and military dimension of US dominance is as significant as US economic preponderance in determining the future of capitalist development - with the recent US invasion and occupation of Iraq being a confirmation of Amin's prescient thesis. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Capitalism- decline |
| 9 (RLIN) | 6888 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HB501 Economic Theory. Demography- Capital. Capitalism- |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Social Sciences | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | 02/17/2025 | HB501 14.458 | 4841 | 02/17/2025 | 02/17/2025 | Book |