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Author Anderson, Sarah (Sarah Denny)

Title Field guide to the global economy / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh with Thea Lee ; and the Institute for Policy Studies.

Publication Info. New York : New Press, [2005]
©2005

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Curriculum Materials Center  CMC SECOND H.42 NP 2005    Check Shelf
Edition Revised and updated.
Description viii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-131) and index.
Contents I. What is economic globalization? Trade in goods and services -- International financial flows -- Flows of people -- II. What's new about the global economy? Hi-tech global assembly line -- High tide in the global labor pool -- China challenge -- Outsourcing of service jobs -- Planet Wal-Mars -- Open doors to foreign direct investment -- Global financial casino -- Biotech crusades -- III. Globalization claims. Trade and investment liberalization = more good jobs -- Foreign outsourcing is good for American workers -- As trade spurs economic growth, governments invest more in the environment -- Trade and investment liberalization are good for the poor -- Free trade is the consumers' best friend -- Globalization lifts all boats -- What's good for General Motors is good for the rest of us -- Sweatshops are good for poorer nations; the United States developed that way -- Privitization leads to better services -- We can fight terrorism with free trade -- IV. Who's driving globalization? Private actors -- Public institutions -- V. Responses to globalization. People power -- Worker power -- Shareholder power -- Consumer power -- Student power -- Local power -- Artist power -- Legal power.
Subject International trade -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Investments, Foreign -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
International finance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
International business enterprises -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Social responsibility of business -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
International economic relations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added Author Cavanagh, John, 1955-
Lee, Thea.
Institute for Policy Studies.
ISBN 1565849566
9781565849563
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