The anti-globalization breakfast club : manifesto for a peaceful revolution /
Brahm, Laurence J.
The anti-globalization breakfast club : manifesto for a peaceful revolution / Laurence J. Brahm - Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2009 - xii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Global meltdown : the Washington consensus goes bust -- What’s wrong with the Washington consensus? : it forces alien, irrelevant models on developing societies -- The world needs an alternative : confessions of a former commercial lawyer -- Grassroots approaches that solve real problems : founding an NGO in the Himalayas -- The anti-globalization breakfast club : emergence of a global justice movement -- Time to revamp the WTO : joining the anti-globalisation breakfast club -- Redefining contemporary development : trash the ideology and use what works -- The environmental priority : we are ruining the earth faster than the global economy is growing -- The micro-credit revolution works : small finance is beautiful and can improve lives -- Begin by reshaping values : the "gross national happiness" alternative -- Empowering the marginalized : to stop terrorism, focus on its roots -- "High time to shut up" : moving towards multilateralism -- The revolt against cyclical poverty : Nepalese Maoists come in from the cold -- Starting from the villages : in Sri Lanka’s countryside, a middle road -- The Buddhist revolution : why compassion should be combined with capitalism -- Enter the Himalayan consensus : manifesto for a peaceful revolution
9780470823170
Capitalism--Social aspects
Capitalism--Environmental aspects
Capitalism--Social aspects--South Asia
Capitalism--Environmental aspects--South Asia
Anti-globalization movement
The anti-globalization breakfast club : manifesto for a peaceful revolution / Laurence J. Brahm - Singapore ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2009 - xii, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Global meltdown : the Washington consensus goes bust -- What’s wrong with the Washington consensus? : it forces alien, irrelevant models on developing societies -- The world needs an alternative : confessions of a former commercial lawyer -- Grassroots approaches that solve real problems : founding an NGO in the Himalayas -- The anti-globalization breakfast club : emergence of a global justice movement -- Time to revamp the WTO : joining the anti-globalisation breakfast club -- Redefining contemporary development : trash the ideology and use what works -- The environmental priority : we are ruining the earth faster than the global economy is growing -- The micro-credit revolution works : small finance is beautiful and can improve lives -- Begin by reshaping values : the "gross national happiness" alternative -- Empowering the marginalized : to stop terrorism, focus on its roots -- "High time to shut up" : moving towards multilateralism -- The revolt against cyclical poverty : Nepalese Maoists come in from the cold -- Starting from the villages : in Sri Lanka’s countryside, a middle road -- The Buddhist revolution : why compassion should be combined with capitalism -- Enter the Himalayan consensus : manifesto for a peaceful revolution
9780470823170
Capitalism--Social aspects
Capitalism--Environmental aspects
Capitalism--Social aspects--South Asia
Capitalism--Environmental aspects--South Asia
Anti-globalization movement