Jihad vs. McWorld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus religious and tribal fundamentalism. These diametrically opposed but strangely...

A provocative and original book which argues that the nation-state has become democratically dysfunctional and obsolete, and it is cities and the mayors that run them that are doing a better job in the face of the challenges of our time:...

A powerful sequel to Benjamin R. Barber's best-selling Jihad vs. McWorld, Consumed offers a vivid portrait of a global economy that overproduces goods and targets children as consumers in a market where there are never enough...

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