Abstract
Central capitalism and its supporting institutions have lost their dynamism and are no longer capable of regulating the world economy without a substantial change in the world order including cooperation with regional powers in a much broader geopolitical paradigm. What is needed is a change from U.S. hegemony to joint hegemony (with the United States still at the center), a revised conception of development in more social, sustainable, and human terms, a stronger role for the state in the organization of the local, national, and world economies, and a stronger system of South-South relations based on a rebirth of Third World institutions and a civilizational, philosophical, and political framework that transcends the Eurocentric view of the world. The emergence of Brazil, Russia, India, and China in the international structure of power is very important for this change. The economic crisis of 2008—2010 is driving international developments in this direction.
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