Subject(s): Globalisation, Poverty -- Economics, Economic development, Economic history, System theory, Complexity (Philosophy); -- Globalization, Paradigm shift -- International political economy, theories at the Mercy of capricious events, cross theories -- Ideologies and philosophy : Mesopotamia, Greek, Islam, china -- local chaos and global stability, Politics and economics, Cooperation and competition -- Linear recipes for a complex world : UN, Global conformity, World bank, International aid, International trade -- Wealth and poverty of nations : human poverty, Exceptional wealth, inequality by government decree, human development -- Democracy : fundamental rights, State repression, ethnic and religious oppression -- Capability in interact : Food security, global agricultural maze, Imported food, malnutrition and disease, water, illiteracy -- Conflict and incapability : Arms sales, Global distribution of conflict, weapons -- Agenda for a new paradigm :development