Super imperialism: the origin and fundamentals of U. S. world dominance. xviii, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.. . Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-412) and index. BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN WORLD ORDER: 1914-46 -- Origins of Intergovernmental Debt, 1917-21 -- Breakdown of World Balance, 1921-33 -- America Spurns World Leadership -- Lend-Lease and Fracturing of the British Empire, 1941-45 -- Bretton Woods: The Triumph of U.S. Government Finance Capital, 1944-45 -- Isolating the Communist Bloc, 1945-46 -- THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE -- American Strategy within the World Bank -- The Imperialism of U.S. Foreign Aid -- GATT and the Double Standard -- Dollar Domination through the International Monetary Fund, 1945-46 -- MONETARY IMPERIALISM AND THE U.S. TREASURY BILL STANDARD -- Financing America's Wars with Other Nations' Resources, 1964-68 -- Power through Bankruptcy, 1968-70 -- Perfecting Empire through Monetary Crisis, 1970-72 -- The Monetary Offensive of Spring 1973 -- Monetary Imperialism: The Twenty-first Century.. .

An analysis of US imperial economic policy using the World Bank and the IMF as its tools.

In this RSA Animate, renowned academic David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOP2V_np2c0

A Watson Institute video on the global trend toward Austerity budgets featuring Mark Blyth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsjGys-VqA ( )