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Author Larsson, Tomas, 1966-

Title The race to the top : the real story of globalization / Tomas Larsson.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : CATO Institute, ©2001.

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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  337 LAR    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  337 L334R    Check Shelf
Description vi, 164 pages ; 25 cm
Note "A revision and expansion of the book originally published by Timbro in Swedish as Världens Klassresa (1999)"--Introduction.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
Contents 1. Thailand--A Global Brothel 5 -- 2. Brazilianization 9 -- 3. The Real 20/80 Society 15 -- 4. Legacies of the Ipanema Left 19 -- 5. The Isolation Trap 23 -- 6. Unfair Trade 29 -- 7. The WTO Trap 33 -- 8. Good Times, Bad Policy 39 -- 9. Trading Up 47 -- 10. Errors of the Free Traders 53 -- 11. The Cult of Secrecy 61 -- 12. The Mental Wall 67 -- 13. Third Ways 71 -- 14. The Future Is Open 77 -- 15. French Fries vs. the Goddess of the Sea 83 -- 16. The Freedom Gap 91 -- 17. Watch the Grass Grow 99 -- 18. Changing Crony Capitalism 105 -- 19. A Course in Corruption 113 -- 20. Making It Happen 117 -- 21. "We Are All Globalizers Now" 125 -- 22. Trial by Fire 133.
Summary "A revision and expansion of the book originally published by Timbro in Swedish as Vèarldens Klassresa (1999)"--Introd. Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
Subject International trade -- Social aspects.
International trade -- Effect of technological innovations on.
Free trade -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Developing countries.
International economic relations.
Free trade -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00933961
Globalization -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943533
Globalization -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943547
International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
International trade -- Effect of technological innovations on. (OCoLC)fst00977135
International trade -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00977153
Developing countries. (OCoLC)fst01242969
Added Title Världens klassresa. English
ISBN 1930865147 (cloth)
9781930865143 (cloth)
1930865155 (pbk.)
9781930865150 (pbk.)
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