Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order
Author: Noam Chomsky, Robert Waterman McChesney, Robert W. McChesney
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ISBN: 1888363827
Publisher: Seven Stories Press (November, 1998)
Sales Rank: 34,735
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Chomsky's damning disection of global capitalism
Chomsky's "Profit over People" is a careful and thought provoking (not to mention exhaustive) examination of the ultimate goals of the world of private business: profit, power, and the maintance of the status quo and the class system at any cost. If that cost is to be paid in human lives and soles, (as in East Timor and elsewhere); so be it. Of particular interest in this work by Chomsky are the sections in which he examines the recent changes from 'real' business, viz., business linked to production etc., to modern 'speculative' business, i.e, gamblers buying and selling foreign currencies etc., and the effect this has had (and will continue to have) on a global economy obsessed with nothing but profit, profit, and more profit.Do yourself a favour and read this book. Forget Clancy, Archer, etc. That's released on to the market simply to distract the peasants of society (i.e. non-millionaires). Read instead Chomsky, Herman, Orwell, Wells, Said, Huxley, et al. Gain an insight into how much harm we, as citizens of democratic societies, are inflicting on the Third World. In addition, ponder on why you have not seen this (or any other) book by Chomsky reviewed in the main stream press. If Professor Chomsky's observations and views are as easy to dismiss as his critics would have us believe, why don't they?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Well done
Despite its leaden prose, "Profit Over People" succeeds in giving a stark picture of how our government's economic policy (especially with regard to "free trade" agreements) is crafted to suit the interests of the profiteers, no matter how much it may hurt the general population. This book is, in the typical Chomsky style, exceedingly well documented. There has been tons of balderdash written about Chomsky by persons who rarely let Chomsky or his supporters respond to it. If you're serious about finding out its truthfullness, read Chomsky at first hand. I would suggest easier to read books like "Dettering Democracy" or even "World Orders Old And New."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Loved the e-book version
...Read the book and you might be pleasantly surprise by what you get... unless you're an investment banker!
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