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The Global Trap - by Hans-Peter Martin & Harald Schumann (Paperback)

The Global Trap - by  Hans-Peter Martin & Harald Schumann (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This extraordinary book explores the spread of globalization. The authors - journalists on Der Spiegel - provide an account that is highly informed, yet extremely readable. They show how internationalism, once an invention of social-democratic labour leaders, has firmly changed sides. Now more than 40,000 transnational corporation play off their own workers - and different nation-states - against one another. <p/>The book opens with a fly-on-the-wall account of a seminar attended by the leaders of major corporations. It revealed that the biggest manufacturers are not simply shifting production away from the industrial countries, but foresee a new century where their labour needs will plummet. Talk at the gathering was all about the 20:80 society, where 20 per cent of the population will suffice to keep the world economy going and the unemployed 80 per cent will be pacified by a diet of 'tittytainment' - ie the modern equivalent of bread and circuses but without nearly so much bread. <p/>Calling for the restoration of the primacy of politics over the economy and the repair of the state before it is too late, this book is a a cry of alarm. Currently being translated into 13 languages, The Global Trap is set to become an international bestseller; it cannot be ignored.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Excellent. A very powerful text." --<i>Barbaara Pyle, Executive Producer, CNN</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Hans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. <p/>Harald Schumann is a German author and investigative journalist .<br>Hans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. <p/>Harald Schumann is a German author and investigative journalist .</p>

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