Why globalization works

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Title:

Why globalization works

Author:

Wolf, Martin, 1946-

ISBN:

9780300102529

Personal Author:

Wolf, Martin, 1946-

Publication Information:

New Haven., Connecticut : Yale University Press, c2004.

Physical Description:

xviii, 398 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Includes Index

Contents:

Pt. I. The dabate -- Ch. 1. Enter the 'new millennium collectivists' -- Ch. 2. What liberal globalization means -- Pt. II. Why a global market economy makes sense -- Ch. 3. Markets, democracy and peace -- Ch. 4. The 'magic' of the market -- Ch. 5. Physician, heal thyself -- Ch. 6. The market crosses borders -- Pt. III. Why there is too little globalization -- Ch. 7. Globalization in the long run -- Ch. 8. Rise, fall and rise of a liberal global economy -- Pt. IV. Why the critics are wrong -- Ch. 9. Incensed about inequality -- Ch. 10. Traumatized by trade -- Ch. 11. Cowed by corporations -- Ch. 12. Sad about the state -- Ch. 13. Fearful of finance -- Pt. V. How to make the world better -- Ch. 14. Today's threats, tomorrow's promises.

Abstract:

"The debate on globalization has reached a level of passionate intensity that inhibits rational discussion. In this book, one of the world's foremost economic commentators explains how globalization works and why it makes sense. Martin Wolf confronts the charges against globalization, delivers a devastating critique of each and outlines a more hopeful future."--BOOK JACKET.

Corporate Subject:

Political and Economic Planning -- History.

Subject Term:

Globalization -- Economic aspects.

International economic relations.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0414/2004000475.html

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The debate on globalization has reached a level of intensity that inhibits comprehension and obscures the issues. In this book a highly distinguished international economist scrupulously explains how globalization works as a concept and how it operates in reality. Martin Wolf confronts the charges against globalization, delivers a devastating critique of each, and offers a realistic scenario for economic internationalism in the future. Wolf begins by outlining the history of the global economy in the twentieth century and explaining the mechanics of world trade. He dissects the agenda of globalization's critics, and rebuts the arguments that it undermines sovereignty, weakens democracy, intensifies inequality, privileges the multi-national corporation, and devastates the environment. The author persuasively defends the principles of international economic integration, arguing that the biggest obstacle to global economic progress has been the failure not of the market, but of politics and government, in rich countries as well as poor. He examines the threat that terrorism poses and maps the way to a global market economy that can work for everyone.