False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism

False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism is a 1998 book by political philosopher John Gray that argues that free market globalization is unstable and is in the process of collapsing. A 2002 edition includes a foreword that relates the themes of False Dawn to the September 11, 2001 attacks and the new US military posture that led to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Gray notes how the economic shock therapy in post-Communist nations has resulted in... More

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John Gray

John N. Gray (born 17 April 1948, in South Shields, Tyne & Wear) is a British political philosopher and author, formerly School Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. Gray contributes regularly to The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman, where he...

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