SENYO B. S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University. He is the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, an institute devoted to researching the human factor and its role in development. His most recent book is Human Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development (Praeger, 1996).

• Preface General Introduction Scarcity: The Central Focus of All Human Action and Endeavor Human Responses and Predicaments Dealing with Scarcity: The Evolution of Ideologies of Social Order and Political Economy of Development Conquering Scarcity the Capitalist Way: Models and Theories of Economic Growth and Development Confronting Scarcity the Socialist Way: The Birth of Command Economic Systems and the Future of Capitalism The Capitalist Response: New Strategies and Programs for Growth and Development Further Human Attempts at Social Engineering and Global Development The Evolving Electronically Wired Global Village: Its Development and Implications The Human Plight and Predicament: Needs and Crises That Linger Human Factor Perspectives Human Factor Perspectives on Failing Social Institutions and Systems The Human Factor Concept of Global Development Achieving Global Development through Human Factor Engineering References Index

SENYO B. S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University. He is the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, an institute devoted to researching the human factor and its role in development. His most recent book is Human Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development (Praeger, 1996).

• Preface General Introduction Scarcity: The Central Focus of All Human Action and Endeavor Human Responses and Predicaments Dealing with Scarcity: The Evolution of Ideologies of Social Order and Political Economy of Development Conquering Scarcity the Capitalist Way: Models and Theories of Economic Growth and Development Confronting Scarcity the Socialist Way: The Birth of Command Economic Systems and the Future of Capitalism The Capitalist Response: New Strategies and Programs for Growth and Development Further Human Attempts at Social Engineering and Global Development The Evolving Electronically Wired Global Village: Its Development and Implications The Human Plight and Predicament: Needs and Crises That Linger Human Factor Perspectives Human Factor Perspectives on Failing Social Institutions and Systems The Human Factor Concept of Global Development Achieving Global Development through Human Factor Engineering References Index