Contents
1 National Diversity and the Crisis of Globalisation
from the Perspective of Historical Anthropology ................................... 1
Emmanuel Todd
1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 1
2 Free Trade Resulted in Demand Insuffi ciency .................................... 2
3 Worldwide Development of Literacy: Globalisation Ahead
of Economy ......................................................................................... 4
4 The Paradox That the Spread of Education Causes
Cultural Inbalance ............................................................................... 5
5 The Escalating Educational Disparity in Developed Countries .......... 6
6 Senior Citizens Are Positive About Present Conditions ...................... 7
7 The Obsession with “Free Trade” ........................................................ 8
8 Developed Countries Still Controlling Science and Technology ........ 9
9 The Dark Future of China in Terms of Population .............................. 10
10 The Implications of Growth Rates of Developing
and Developed Countries ..................................................................... 11
11 Free Trade Is Economic War Between Neighbours:
The Experience in the EU .................................................................... 11
12 Where Could the Breakthrough Emerge? ............................................ 13
13 The Stability and Plasticity of Anglo-Saxon Countries ....................... 14
14 “Tea Party” Is a Party of Old People ................................................... 15
15 Acceptance of Diversity Would Improve America .............................. 16
16 The Hypothesis of the Death of Europe
and an “Improving America” ............................................................... 17
References ................................................................................................... 18
2 The Failure of Neoliberalism and the Future of Capitalism ................. 19
Ha-Joon Chang
1 Today’s Situation ................................................................................. 19
2 Advocates of Neoliberalism ................................................................ 20
4 Records of Neoliberalism: Instability .................................................. 22
5 Records of Neoliberalism: Growth ...................................................... 25
6 Why Neoliberalism Performs Poorly I: Excessive Complexity .......... 27
7 Why Neoliberalism Performs Poorly II: Financial Deregulation
and “Shareholder Value Maximization” .............................................. 28
8 Impacts on Developing Countries ....................................................... 29
9 Reforming Neoliberalism I: Financial Reform .................................... 31
10 Reforming Neoliberalism II: Reform of Global Rules ........................ 33
11 Concluding Remarks ........................................................................... 34
References ................................................................................................... 34
3 Totalitarianism of Globalism by the Top 1 % ........................................ 35
Satoshi Fujii
1 Consequences of Global Capitalism .................................................... 35
2 Origin of Global Capitalism ................................................................ 38
3 Totalitarianism ..................................................................................... 39
4 How Totalitarianism Evolves ............................................................... 39
5 Banalty of Evil: Eichmann in Jerusalem ............................................. 41
6 Totalitarianism in Nazi Germany......................................................... 43
7 TOG: Totalitarianism of Capitalism .................................................... 45
8 Going Beyond Global Capitalism........................................................ 49
References ................................................................................................... 51
4 The Second Globalization, the Second Tragedy? ................................... 53
Keita Shibayama
1 The Age of the First Globalization ...................................................... 53
2 The Comparison Between First and Second Globalization ................. 56
3 Post-War, Post-Globalization and After............................................... 58
4 History Does Repeat Itself? ................................................................. 60
5 Globalization as a Fetter ...................................................................... 62
6 To the Next Post-Globalization ........................................................... 63
References ................................................................................................... 64
5 Neoliberalism and Conservatism ............................................................. 67
Takeshi Nakano
1 Conservatives Advocating Neoliberalism ............................................ 67
2 The Conservatives Oppose to Neoliberalism....................................... 69
3 The Crisis of the Governability ........................................................... 71
4 Degeneration of Elites and Long Life Neoliberalism .......................... 72
5 The Great Degeneration Hypothesis .................................................... 74
References ................................................................................................... 75
6 Beyond Global Capitalism: A Discussion................................................ 77
Emmanuel Todd , Ha-Joon Chang , Takeshi Nakano ,
Keita Shibayama , and Satoshi Fujii
1 The Calamity of Neoliberalism ........................................................... 77
2 The Dismal State of Affairs in South Korea After IMF Reforms ........ 79
3 Peeling Away the “Myth” of Globalism .............................................. 81
4 Neither Inevitable nor Unavoidable ..................................................... 82
5 America’s New Start ............................................................................ 84
6 Why Do the Elite Continue to Make Mistakes? .................................. 85
7 The Great Degeneration of the Elite .................................................... 86
8 The Future of China, and the Future of Japan ..................................... 88
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