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Susan George (born June 29, 1934) is an American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is the president of the Transnational Institute, a think-tank located in Amsterdam.
Susan George is one of TNI's most renowned people for her long-term and ground-breaking analysis of global issues. "Shadow Sovereigns: How Global Corporations are Seizing Power" is the newest of her seventeen widely translated books.
Transnational Institute - Cited by 9,322 - Political Economy - Globalization - Food - Hunger - Debt
The author of 10 books, including How the Other Half Dies: The Real Reasons for World Hunger, Ill Fares the Land, and The Debt Boomerang, George is regarded as a preeminent political and economic thinker and activist for human rights. George was born Susan Vance Akers on June 29, 1934 in Akron, Ohio.
Susan George is a well-known political scientist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. Susan George is a frequent interviewee in print, radio and television and regularly contributes articles to Le Monde diplomatique, Open Democracy, El Pais, New Internationalist and The Nation.
Sep 15, 2009 · As vice-president of ATTAC France, Susan George is one of the leading figures in the worldwide anti-globalization movement. In this interview she talks about the tactics of alternative politics and asserts that the current world order is not inevitable.
In the TNI tradition of “scholar-activist” Susan George has been active in many campaigns, helping to lead the one in France to defeat the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and the subsequent
