Susan George (political scientist)

Susan George (born 1934) is a well-known writer on Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is a fellow of the Transnational Institute and is a critic of the present policies of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.  

She has been a consultant to United Nations agencies and is a frequent public speaker. She is American but lives in France.

 Books 
 How the Other Half Dies (Penguin) 1976. Reprinted 1986, 1991  (An analysis of the real reasons for world hunger.)
 A Fate Worse Than Debt (Penguin) 1988  (An analysis of the reasons for Third World debt.)
 The Debt Boomerang (Pluto Press) 1992  (Continuing the theme of Third World debt and its harmful effects.)
 The Lugano Report: On Preserving Capitalism in the 21st Century 1999 
 Another World Is Possible If (Verso Books) 2004 

 Other websites 
Susan George, Official page at Transnational Institute.

Category:American political scientists
Category:Writers from Akron, Ohio
Category:1934 births
Category:Living people