Susan George (political scientist)

American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer
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Susan George (born 1934) is a well-known writer on Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is a fellow of the Transnational Institute and is a critic of the present policies of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Susan George
Susan George on the German Protestant Church Day, Cologne, 2007
Born
1934
OccupationWriter

She has been a consultant to United Nations agencies and is a frequent public speaker. She is American but lives in France.

  • How the Other Half Dies (Penguin) 1976. Reprinted 1986, 1991 ISBN 0-14-013569-3 (An analysis of the real reasons for world hunger.)
  • A Fate Worse Than Debt (Penguin) 1988 ISBN 0-14-022789-X (An analysis of the reasons for Third World debt.)
  • The Debt Boomerang (Pluto Press) 1992 ISBN 0-7453-0594-6 (Continuing the theme of Third World debt and its harmful effects.)
  • The Lugano Report: On Preserving Capitalism in the 21st Century 1999 ISBN 0-7453-1532-1
  • Another World Is Possible If (Verso Books) 2004 ISBN 1844675106

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