Monumental Shift: Creating a New Economy with Genuine Democracy - Paperback

by Chaitanya Dave (Author)

Capitalism, to quench its voracious appetite, is devouring global resources at an unparalleled rate while exploiting millions of poor people in America and billions around the world. In its 'March of Folly', capitalism is devastating forests and earth's eco-systems while polluting planet's environment, oceans, rivers and soil. This obsolete economic system, being the single biggest driver of climate change--if not stopped and replaced--will ultimately destroy humanity itself along with all the living species of the planet earth. Ecological collapse is certain if capitalism continues unabated. Today, the greatest threat facing humanity is climate change and the biggest contributor to it is global capitalism. Ecological crisis is the greatest manifestation of capitalist threat. In America, imposed on its people for more than two centuries, the unbridled capitalism has enabled few individuals to amass unimaginable fortunes at the expense of millions of its people who wallow in poverty. Enormous wealth has enabled these individuals to hijack American democracy and establish an oligarchy. Simply put, capitalism is undemocratic, anti-people, anti-environment and unsustainable. Capitalism's crusade around the world--if not stopped and replaced with a modern economic system that is people and nature-friendly and sustainable--will destroy humanity itself along with all other living species of this beautiful planet. Chaitanya Dav describes in detail the fatal flaws of this outdated economic system that has been imposed on us. He understands that we cannot solve ecological crisis without confronting capitalism. He knows that capitalism has become a failed system in terms of economy, ecology and peoples' welfare. In this detailed book, he proposes a new democratic economy that is fair, people-friendly, sustainable and in harmony with nature.

Author Biography

Chaitanya Davé is a social and political activist, a highly progressive individual and an environmentalist. He has authored three books: 1) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY: A Shocking Record of US Crimes since 1776 (Nov. 2007) and 2) COLLAPSE: Civilization on the Brink (June, 2010). He is a chemist, a chemical engineer, and a small business owner. In his business activities, he has visited many large and small corporations around the country and has seen firsthand how they operate at the expense of the people and the environment. Being a chemist, he knows how chemical industry--one of many other industries-recklessly pollutes the environment. He has traveled extensively around the world, seen poor and rich people...how and under what conditions they live observing the contrast of their living conditions. He is founder/president of a non-profit charity organization based in southern California and is also a founder/president of a rural development foundation in India doing rural developmental work in villages there since 1993. Chaitanya Davé lives with his family in southern California.