{"product_id":"the-global-trap-paperback","title":"The Global Trap - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans-Peter Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHarald Schumann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary book explores the spread of globalization. The authors - journalists on Der Spiegel - provide an account that is highly informed, yet extremely readable. They show how internationalism, once an invention of social-democratic labour leaders, has firmly changed sides. Now more than 40,000 transnational corporation play off their own workers - and different nation-states - against one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book opens with a fly-on-the-wall account of a seminar attended by the leaders of major corporations. It revealed that the biggest manufacturers are not simply shifting production away from the industrial countries, but foresee a new century where their labour needs will plummet. Talk at the gathering was all about the 20:80 society, where 20 per cent of the population will suffice to keep the world economy going and the unemployed 80 per cent will be pacified by a diet of 'tittytainment' - ie the modern equivalent of bread and circuses but without nearly so much bread. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalling for the restoration of the primacy of politics over the economy and the repair of the state before it is too late, this book is a a cry of alarm. Currently being translated into 13 languages, The Global Trap is set to become an international bestseller; it cannot be ignored.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarald Schumann is a German author and investigative journalist .\u003cbr\u003eHans-Peter Martin is an Austrian journalist and politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarald Schumann is a German author and investigative journalist .\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.51 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42743700389951,"sku":"9781856495301","price":71.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6f1df8f09ff9bc85420a5736fe66ac3e.webp?v=1765165777","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-global-trap-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}