The Economics of Killing

Informationen zum Autor Vijay Mehta is an author and peace activist. He is Chair of Uniting for Peace and founding trustee of the Fortune Forum charity. He is the author of  The Fortune Forum Code: For a Sustainable Future , Arms No More , and The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century . Klappentext Globalisation has created an interconnected world, but has not diminished violence, militarism and inequality. This book describes how the entrenched power of global elites has created a deadly cycle of violence, enacted through the Military Industrial Complex.Vijay Mehta shows how attempts at peaceful national development, environmental sustainability and human rights are routinely blocked by Western powers. He locates the 2008 financial crisis in US attempts to block China's model of development. He shows how Europe and the US conspire with regional dictators to prevent countries from developing advanced industries, and how this system has fed terrorism. The Economics of Killing argues that a different world is possible, based on policies of disarmament, demilitarisation and sustainable development. Zusammenfassung Shows how Western governments are trapping the developing world in a cycle of violence and poverty

About the author

Vijay Mehta is an author and peace activist. He is Chair of Uniting for Peace and founding trustee of the Fortune Forum charity. He is the author of The Fortune Forum Code: For a Sustainable Future, Arms No More, and The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century.

Product details

• Authors: Vijay Mehta, Vijay Mehtta
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2012
• EAN: 9780745332253
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3225-3
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Developing Countries, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Industrialized / Developed Countries, Global North / Industrialized or developed countries, Global South / Developing countries