Susan George is one of TNI's most renowned fellows for her long-term and ground-breaking analysis of global issues. Author of fourteen widely translated books, she describes her work in a cogent way that has come to define TNI: "The job of the responsible social scientist is first to uncover these forces [of wealth, power and control], to write about them clearly, without jargon... and finally..to take an advocacy position in favour of the disadvantaged, the underdogs, the victims of injustice."
At the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in October, Asian governments should not take any lessons on democracy or economics from the European…
Although the G-20 and other official bodies have so far refused to acknowledge the fact, we are not simply living through a…
The current crisis has exacerbated the effects of neoliberalism and hugely increased inequality, with money going from labor to capital. Susan George…
1. At a public talk someone asks you, "okay, i understand what you reject, but i wonder what you are for? What…
(November 25, 2008, Speech at La Casa Encendida) — When this lecture series was decided by La Casa Encendida, I suppose the organisers…
Talk of the dangers of trade protectionism is used by European politicians to obscure the need for protection from transnational corporations whose…
Talk of the dangers of trade protectionism is used by European politicians to obscure the need for protection from transnational corporations whose…
This lecture was delivered on 12 December 2008 at the Clean Start conference, organized by the New Internationalist. Pt. 1 / 2…
There has been a long, silent monetary coup d’état that has transferred value away from labour into the hands of capital, but…
There has been a long, silent monetary coup d’état that has transferred value away from labour into the hands of capital, but…
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