"الدولة الرخوة" نظرية إحتواها كتاب "بحث في أسباب فقر الأمم" الذي وضعه عالم الاقتصاد والاجتماع السويدي "جنار ميردال"رآها الدكتور"جلال أمين" تنطبق بحذافيرها على "مصر" ... وهذه الرخوية التى أصابت أجهزة الدولة المصرية ناقش الدكتور"جلال امين " العيد من مظاهرها في مقالات نشرت دوريات مختلفة على مدار عامين.. وفيها اوجه عديدة منها السياسى والديني والاجتماعي والاقتصادي. كلها تعبر عن أفكار عميقه ولكن بأسلوب سهل غير معقد وهو ما تميزت به مؤلفات وكتابات الدكتور "جلال أمين" .. وهذه المقالات هى ما احتواها الكتاب الذي بين يدينا
Galal Ahmad Amin (Arabic: جلال أمين) was a professor of economics at the American University in Cairo and an Egyptian economist and commentator.He was critical of the economic and cultural dependency of Egypt upon the West.
Amin was born in Egypt in 1935, the son of judge and academic Ahmad Amin. Hussein Ahmad Amin, an Egyptian writer and diplomat, was his brother.
Amin studied at Cairo University, graduating with an LL.B. in 1955 before studying for diplomas in economics and public law. After receiving a government grant to study in Britain, Amin obtained an M.S. (1961) and a Ph.D. (1964) in economics from London School of Economics. From 1964 to 1974, he taught economics at Ain Shams University, and worked as an economic advisor for the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development from 1969 to 1974. After a year's teaching at UCLA in 1978–1979, Amin joined the faculty of the American University in Cairo.He also contributed a weekly column to the Al-Shorouk newspaper for several years.