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Called the the patriarch of the anti-Globalization movement by The New York Times, Jerry Mander was Founder and is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Forum on Globalization. He also spent 15 years in the advertising business as president of Freeman, Mander & Gossage, including producing the famous Sierra Club campaigns of the 1960s that saved the Grand Canyon. He has BS and MS degrees in international economics, and he lives in Northern California.
Praise for The Capitalism Papers
"In Mander's provocative newest, the environmentalist, social
critic, and author of 1977's Four Arguments for the Elimination of
Television predicts the impending failure of the capitalist
"experiment," one based on infinite expansion and unable to meet
the challenges of climate change, peak oil, finite resources, and a
rising global population. Mander lambasts the "intrinsic amorality"
of capitalism, arguing that its focus on amassing wealth at any
cost has abetted the rise of the incredibly lucrative
military–industrial complex, and the practice of "so–called
democratic governments
catering to and facilitating the interests
of the ultra–rich." Arguing that "cooperation must replace
competition," Mander's concerns transcend party lines and
established ideologies. As such, he closes with a compelling
discussion of four ideas that he believes might blaze a trail away
from capitalism and toward sustainable economic models: he suggests
a refocusing on the limits of our planet, an emphasis on
localization (as opposed to globalization), improved corporate
structures, and a dismissal of the current black–and–white notion
of capitalism vs. socialism. Refreshing and informative, these
papers are a cogent rally cry and eloquent assessment of
America's––and the world's––current predicament, dismal prospects,
and hope for a way out." —Publishers Weekly
"This is a bold, much–needed book. On a subject where others are
too often abstract or strident, Jerry Mander writes with a
down–to–earth common–sense wisdom. I particularly like the way he
weaves together his own experience in business and advertising with
a large–spirited awareness of so many dimensions of the fragile
planet we live on." —Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's
Ghost
"Jerry Mander's The Capitalism Papers is a book of astonishing
clarity and all–too–rare honesty. In an age where our major
institutions are in collapse as our environment crumbles, and in
which there is no apparent relief on the horizon, Mander has the
courage to say that the emperor has no clothes; that the
profit–obsessed economic system we are expected to swear loyalty to
has its best days in its rear–view mirror. The implications are
revolutionary." —Robert McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor
Democracy—Communication Politics in Dubious Times
"Capitalism's days are numbered but few have the courage to say so.
Jerry Mander has both the courage and insight to put the case
before us, and he does it brilliantly and movingly. There is hope
for this planet and our future, Mander argues, but only if we are
honest enough to admit that the experiment in unregulated market
capitalism has failed and it is time to move beyond it." —Maude
Barlow, author of Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the
Coming Battle for the Right to Water
"Written in accessible language, and packed with real–life example.
Point by point, Mander explains why capitalism can no longer serve
people or the planet. And he leads us to a set of principles on
which we can build a new economy for the 21st century and beyond."
—Anne Leonard, author Story of Stuff
"This is a big book in terms of ideas, scope, and depth. I hope it
finds the wide audience it deserves." —James Gustave Speth,
founder, World Resources Institute (WRI)
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