In this eye-opening and often scathing book, Walden Bello provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism's multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Bello's analysis of the collapse of the global real economy - covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of...

1. A Brave New Middle East: The Birth of a New Era. - 2. The Anti-Development State: Economic Origins of Arab Upheavals. - 3. The Advent of Economic Globalization: A Prelude to Crisis. - 4. The Great Recession: Collapse of the Arab Crony Capitalism. - 5. The New Powerbrokers: Political Islam and...

This eye-opening and often scathing book provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalism's multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Walden Bello's analysis of the collapse of the global real economy, covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of the Greek...