Susan George

Contact details:

Please DO NOT send any correspondence for me to the Transnational Institute.
I prefer to receive all communications via e-mail: susangeorge[at]free.fr. If you require a postal address, please ask me for it via e-mail. Thank you, SG.

Long bio:

Susan George full biography.pdf

CV:

Notice biographique Susan George - Francais.pdf

Informations pratique Susan George - Francais.pdf

Speaking arrangements:

Susan George speaking arrangements

Location:

France

Susan George

TNI fellow, President of the Board of TNI and honorary president of ATTAC-France [Association for Taxation of Financial Transaction to Aid Citizens]

Susan George is one of TNI's most renowned fellows for her long-term and ground-breaking analysis of global issues. Author of fourteen widely translated books, she describes her work in a cogent way that has come to define TNI: "The job of the responsible social scientist is first to uncover these forces [of wealth, power and control], to write about them clearly, without jargon... and finally..to take an advocacy position in favour of the disadvantaged, the underdogs, the victims of injustice."

Areas of expertise:

European Union reform; European trade policy; Debt and International Financial Institutions; Alternatives to Corporate Globalisation; Currency Transaction Tax; Food Security; International Trade

Honours/Awards:

Honorary doctorates from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia of Madrid as well as the first “Outstanding Public Scholar Award" of the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association.

Languages spoken:

English, French

Media experience:

Susan George is a frequent interviewee in print, radio and television and regularly contributes articles to Le Monde diplomatique, Open Democracy, El Pais, New Internationalist and The Nation.

Selected publications:

How the Other Half Dies

Hijacking America

We the Peoples of Europe

Another world is possible if...

The Debt Boomerang

Faith and Credit

Recent content by Susan George

Susan George: Leurs crises, nos solutions (2 Jul 2010)

La 'classe de Davos' constitue un monde où la finance détermine l'économique qui détermine le social. Il faut inverser l'ordre des priorités.

Video: Their Crises, Our Solutions, with Susan George (4 Jun 2010)

Susan George talks live at the annual TNI fellows meeting about her new book Their Crises, Our Solutions, on the banks, the economy and justice.

Interview on France Culture - Alter-Globalisation for Susan George (2 Jun 2010)

Susan spoke at length on France Culture talking about the converging economic, social and environmental crises of globalization, and what alternatives exist to the current state of affairs. Susan's new book Their Crisis, Our Solutions has just been published in French (Leurs Crises, Nos Solutions) and Spanish (Sui Crisis, Nuestra Soluciones), and is due out in English in September.

Interview with Susan George at Enlazando Alternativas, Madrid 2010 (27 May 2010)

Susan talked about the meaning and significance of Enlazando Alternativas as it met for the fourth time at the EA4 summit in Madrid, May 14-18 2010.

The Lisbon Treaty: Workshop with Susan George at Enlazando Alternativas, 2010 (27 May 2010)

Despite repeated democratic rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Commission pushed ahead with it via the EU Constitution via a private, technocratic and non-democratic process. Susan discussed the treaty and its implications in a workshop at the EA4 summit in Madrid, 15 May 2010.

Debate on France Inter radio: Susan George on the crisis and financial regulation (25 May 2010)

Susan George appeared on the major French radio network France Inter to debate the financial crisis and regulation. Her most recent book "Their Crises, Our Solutions" has been published in French ("Leurs Crises, Nos Solutions"); the English version is due to be published in September.

«Mettre les marchés sous tutelle» (22 May 2010)

La Banque centrale européenne doit accepter de prêter à bas taux aux États plutôt que d’avoir recours au FMI.

Converging Crises: Reality, Fear and Hope (10 May 2010)

The term crisis implies a short lived period of uncertainty - suggesting there is something temporary or anomalous about the current state of the global economy. On the contrary, our global economy, from the financial clouds (or bubbles) to the real roots - where men and women work, live and survive - is suffering from systemic flaws based on an ever expanding void between rich and poor.

Global governance priorities in an interdependent world - balancing the economic and the environmental crisis (1 Mar 2010)

The current crisis has exacerbated the effects of neoliberalism and hugely increased inequality, with money going from labour to capital.

Ten years later: challenges and proposals for another possible world (21 Jan 2010)

The WSF must work to strengthen and deepen the alliance of social movements with environmental campaigners, that was forged in Copenhagen, and broaden the alliance to include peace and conflict organisations as well.