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Book SynopsisThe author was the first to forecast (in 1997) the events that ruptured the global economy in 2008 by applying an analysis that exposes the fault lines in the structure of the market economy. Now, he extends his analysis to the future of the West, to evaluate fears from distinguished commentators who claim that European civilisation is in danger of being eclipsed. He concludes that the West is at a dangerous tipping point and provides empirical and theoretical evidence to warrant such an alarming conclusion. But he also explains why it is not too late to prevent the looming social catastrophe. Attributing the present crisis to a social process of cheating, he develops a synthesis of the social and natural sciences to show how the market system can be reformed. He introduces the concept of organic finance, which prescribes reforms capable of delivering both sustainable growth, with a more equitable distribution of wealth, and respect for other life forms. To explain the persistent fai
Trade Review'The Traumatised Society is a staggering work that presents nothing less than a new paradigm - yet based in a historical narrative and overview of political, economic and cultural history that is ancient. Harrison provides a sophisticated and engaging new theory of social trauma developing the idea that when whole societies or nations are dislocated from their land, traditional roots and cultural reference points, whole populations are then at the mercy of what he refers to as "the predator class". This predator class of social parasites then seeks to legalise a form of institutionalised "cheating" whereby whole peoples are robbed of their birthright to the social "commons" (the commons being one's right to enjoy the full benefits of nature's resources through a socialisation of rent on land values'. Fourth World Review, July 2013
