The Brandt Commission and the multinationals : planetary perspectives

Introduction. The Brandt Commission and the multinationals : two planetary perspectives and the Great Transformation in the 1970s and 1980s -- Development vs. dependency -- Distorters of development : the multinational corporations -- The G77 and the NIEO : the contours of a New World Order -- The Great Transformation of the 1970s and 1980s -- A commission against world poverty -- A commission for a New World Order -- Proposal for a New Keynesian World Order but where are the multinationals? -- Cancún : from Utopia to apology. The opening towards a Neoliberal Global Market Order -- The follow-up commissions for planetary policies and the final farce -- The Brandt Commission and the global corporations today -- Planetary perspectives : one world to share. An interview with Shridath Ramphal.