Bypassing Dystopia
Hope-Filled Challenges to Corporate Rule
Nelson, Joyce
Publisher: Watershed Sentinel Books
Year Published: 2018
Pages: 192pp ISBN: 978-0-9953286-3-1
Library of Congress Number: HB95.N45 2018 Dewey: 330.12'2
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX22151
Joyce Nelson explores global examples of active and creative resistance to the iron grip of corporatism on our economies and imaginations.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Targeting the Money Behind the Money
Divestment Is Forgoing a New Alliance
Sordid Tales of the "Magic Money Tree"
Tax Havens & The Other Paris Agreement
Resisting the Push for a "Cashless Society"
The Swiss "Sovereign Money" Radicals
Ecuador Changed the Paradigm
Existing Crappy Trade Deals : The Long Goodbye
The Elephant in the Trading Room
Debunking the Bogeyman: Credit Ratings Agencies
The Zapatistas vs. The Empire of Money
Getting Out From Under "Sovereign Debt"
Understanding the Housing Crisis
Saving Farmland From Casino Capitalist Landlords
Site C and NAWAPA: "Continental Water-Sharin"
Down To Earth: Cuba's Silver Lining
A Cautionary Tale: The Parking Meter Scandal that Ate Chicago 165
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
About the Author
Subject Headings
