Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis

Douglas Dowd was a widely respected academic and political activist. He taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley, San Jose State University and at the University of Modena in Italy. He is the author of Capitalism and its Economics (Pluto, 2004), Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis (Pluto, 2009) and Understanding Capitalism (Pluto, 2000).

'Douglas Dowd is our most reliable economic historian, and in this book he skilfully weaves together the current economic crisis, the globalisation factor, and the persistence of equality to come up with a penetrating analysis of where we are today. The book is full of useful, often startling information. It is an ideal antidote to the nonsense we get from the so-called experts'

• Prologue1. Inequality: An Introduction2. Class Inequality and the Inequality of Political and Social Power3. Inequality Based on Gender, "Race," Nationalism and Religion 4. Big Business and Inequality5. Today's Inequality as Worsened by Consumerism and the Media, 6. Globalization: Unintended Consequences, Inc. 7. Financialization: Las Vegas, Inc. 8. Militarism and Inequality 9. Inequality's Consequences for its Victims and its Victimizers regarding: Poverty and Health Care10. Inequality's Consequences for its Victims and its Victimizers regarding Education, Housing and the Homeless, Nutrition and Hunger, Opportunity, Dignity, Morale, and Family life 11. Inequality's Interacting Consequences for the Economy, Democracy, and Social Decency12. Comparisons of Inequality and its treatment between the U.S.A. and Western Europe EpilogueBibliography Index