Contrary to what neoliberal beliefs claim, the increasingly unrestricted global market has not brought us general prosperity, but a deep gap between North and South as well as East and West, global poverty and increasing inequality. The world economy is not shaped by growth, but by the fear of global stagnation. In the industrialized countries, too, more and more people are among the losers from globalization. Social standards and the democratic principle itself are also up for grabs here. But at the same time a global network of resistance has developed. A global alliance of victims is emerging. Alternatives to market fundamentalism are not only possible, they are necessary if a global economic catastrophe is to be averted, the worldwide process of depoliticization is to be stopped and submission to new totalitarian forms of rule is to be prevented.
Well-known globalization critics from North and South take stock and discuss alternatives: Horst Afheldt, Michael Albert, Elmar Altvater, Samir Amin, Maude Barlow, Walden Bello, Joachim Bischoff, Chico Whitaker Ferreira, John Holloway, Birgit Mahnkopf, Patnaik Prabat, Wolfgang Sachs, Shrirang P. Shukla, Yash Tandon.