Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger

Abstract

Globalization's promises of open markets, large sums of financial capital, and enlightened constitutional rule have deteriorated into all-too-frequent nightmarish scenarios of insurmountable economic inequality within and between nations, inflamed hatred of the United States, terrorist attacks on civilians, and genocidal ethnic cleansing. The author of these brief, penetrating essays investigates globalization's dark side and, most significantly, demonstrates that "small number" minorities have become both victimized and victimizer.