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- inequality worsened by consumerism and media manipulation;
- globalization's unintended consequences;
- inancialization caused inequality;
- militarism and inequality;
- inequality's overall consequences for democracy, the economy, and social decency; and
- comparing inequality in America and Western Europe.
His previous book was titled "At the Cliff's Edge: World Problems and US Power." He believed then and now that world societies stand on "a cliff's edge."
He discussed four frightening realities: current and likely new wars, a deepening economic crisis, pervasive corruption, and the earth dangerously near a "tipping point" of environmental disaster.
His books and other writings are informative and warnings. Things are terribly wrong today, he believes. Too much poverty, unemployment, underemployment, hunger, homelessness, war, violence, and privilege exist.
Too little of what matters most does not. Blame colonialism (now imperialism), capitalism, nationalism, and industrialism. They're "processes," not "things." They feed destructively on each other.
Today, America bears most responsibility. It brought world societies dangerously to "a cliff's edge." A permanent state of war exists. It's combined with corporate empowerment, economic crisis conditions and police state repression.
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