Susan George uses her impressive knowledge of global capitalism and its effects on the many to look at the picture from the side of the few. The report presents a frightening look at what would be required to preserve the current capitalist order in the face of the increasing impoverishment of an increasingly populous and ecologically strained world.

The report was originally written as a hoax (she was not going to claim authorship), however, for reasons she declines to elaborate on she chose not go through with it. I actually wish she had released it as real, to see the reaction of the elite pundits and media who will now feel secure in ignoring the book.

Even so, it is a worthwhile read, primarily as it helps us see what kind of reforms of the global economy would simply tame the excesses of capitalism and thereby only strengthen the system, and what reforms would truly challenge the powers that be. ( )