Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle of the 21st Century - 9781138895447

Taylor & Francis

This title was first published in 1999: This text contends that economic democracy is the economic system the US purports to have, but has thus far failed to achieve because it, like all the economic powers that have gone before, feels compelled to control the actions of the economy. > This title was first published in 1999: The author contends that economic democracy is the economic system the U.S. purports to have, but has thus far failed to achieve because it, like all the economic powers that have gone before, seeks to control the economies of weaker nations. It is the shocking lack of economic democracy, and the efforts of so many to achieve it, that fuels today's conflicts and will fuel those of the 21st century.To show how and why, this comprehensive work provides a detailed analysis of the history of numerous aspects of the development of the Neo-Mercantilist world economy; the geopolitical systems put in place by the developed world to manage and perpetuate that economy; r