Profit over people
Subtitle: neoliberalism and global order
By: Noam Chomsky.
Edition: Seven Stories Press 1st ed.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Free enterprise; Liberalism; Democracy; Consumption (Economics)
Description: In Profit Over People, Noam Chomsky takes on neoliberalism: the pro-corporate system of economic and political policies presently waging a form of class war worldwide. By examining the contradictions between the democratic and market principles proclaimed by those in power and those actually practiced, Chomsky critiques the tyranny of the few that restricts the public arena and enacts policies that vastly increase private wealth, often with complete disregard for social and ecological consequences.

Combining detailed historical examples and uncompromising criticism, Chomsky offers a profound sense of hope that social activism can reclaim people's rights as citizens rather than as consumers, redefining democracy as a global movement, not a global market.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.