Events since False Dawn was first published in 1998 would seem to bear out John Gray\'s thesis that global capitalism leads not to universal prosperity but to chaos. In chapters on the US, Russia, China, Japan and developing countries, Gray shows again and again that laissez-faire capitalism is the problem, not the solution. On virtually every page there is some insight that makes you think: for instance, Gray points out that America\'s unemployment figures look far better than they are if you factor in the US prison population of more than a million.
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