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Susan George

Born

in The United States

June 29, 1934

Died

February 14, 2026

Genre

Politics, Globalization and Development Is

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Susan George is a well-known political scientist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is a fellow and president of the board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is a fierce critic of the present policies of the IMF, World Bank, and what she calls their "maldevelopment model". She similarly criticizes the structural reform policies of the Washington Consensus on Third World development. She is of U.S. birth but now resides in France, and has dual citizenship.

In January 2007 she received an honorary doctorate from Newcastle University in the UK and in early March the International Studies Association at its congress in Chicago presented her with its first award to an Outstanding ...more

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	The Lugano Report: On Preserving Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century 4.08 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1999 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How the Other Half Dies 4.01 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1976 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another World Is Possible, If... 3.73 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El pensamiento secuestrado. Cómo la derecha laica y la religiosa se han apoderado de Estados Unidos 3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2007 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pangan: Dari Penindasan Sampai ke Ketahanan Pangan by Susan George, Nigel Paige (Illustrator), Magdalena Sitorus (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fate Worse Than Debt 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whose Crisis, Whose Future?: Towards a Greener, Fairer, Richer World 3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Win The Class War - The Lugano Report II 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les usurpateurs : Comment les entreprises transnationales prennent le pouvoir 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anti-capitalism: A Guide to the Movement by Susan George, Emma Bircham, John Charlton 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“كثيراً ما أفكر في كيف كان تاريخ القرن العشرين سيتغير تغييراً جذرياً لو أن بلدان الأوبك - وأغلبها بلدان إسلامية - قد أخذت دينها على محمل الجد ورفضت أن تودع أموالها في البنوك الغربية.”
― Susan George, Another World Is Possible, If...

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“كل من يقول لك ان العلوم الإجتماعية مثل الإقتصاد والسوسيولوجيا والعلوم السياسية هي علوم موضوعية فهو إما كاذب أو ساذج.”
― Susan George, Another World Is Possible, If...

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“Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.”
― Susan George

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