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Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as both a convincing analysis of an international economy headed for disaster and a powerful challenge to economic orthodoxy, False Dawn shows that the attempt to impose the Anglo-American-style free market on the world will create a disaster, possibly... Read Full Overview

False Dawn proposes that the attempt to impose the Anglo-American--style free market on the world will create a disaster on the scale of Soviet communism. Gray believes that even America, the supposed flagship of the new civilization, is doomed to moral and social disintegration... Read Full Overview

Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as both "a convincing analysis of an international economy headed for disaster" and a "powerful challenge to economic orthodoxy," False Dawn shows that the attempt to impose the Anglo-American-style free market on the world will create... Read Full Overview

In the midst of the current financial crisis, John Gray revisits his brilliant polemic against the forces of global capitalism and deregulation. Written over ten years ago, False Dawn is a remarkably prescient book, sharply criticizing the greed and unsustainable economic... Read Full Overview