Real World Globalization

real world globalization cover
Edition:
11th
Date of publication:
November 2011
ISBN:
978-1-878585-87-5
Pages:
314
Price:
$34.95


  • Chapter 1: Critical Perspectives on Globalization
    • 1.1 The Gospel of Free Trade Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.2 Free Markets, International Commerce, and Economic Development Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.3 Debunking the “Index of Economic Freedom” John Miller
    • 1.4 The World Is Not Flat Mark Engler
  • Chapter 2: Corporate Power and the Global Economy
    • 2.1 U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire James Petras
    • 2.2 Enron in the Third World The Institute for Policy Studies
    • 2.3 The Economics and Politics of Depropriation in the Other Colombia Patricia M. Rodriguez
    • 2.4 Stop Killer Coke! Madeleine Baran
    • 2.5 Bankrupcy as Corporate Makeover Mara Kardas-Nelson, Lin Nelson, and Anne Fischel
  • Chapter 3: Trade, Investment, and Debt
    • 3.1 What Causes Exchange-Rate Fluctuations? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.2 Is China’s Currency Manipulation Hurting the U.S.? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.3 Where Do U.S. Dollars Go When The United States Runs a Trade Deficit? Ellen Frank
    • 3.4 Dollar Anxiety—Real Reasons to Worry John Miller
    • 3.5 Pressure from the Bond Market Arthur MacEwan
  • Chapter 4: International Institutions and Trade Agreements
    • 4.1 The ABCs of the Global Economy The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.2 The ABCs of Free-Trade Agreements and Other Regional Economic Blocs The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.3 Argentina: The IMF Strikes Again Arthur MacEwan
    • 4.4 Wounded Tiger: Ireland and the IMF Dan Read
  • Chapter 5: Labor in the Global Economy
    • 5.1 International Labor Standards Arthur MacEwan
    • 5.2 Sweatshops 101 Dara O’Rourke
    • 5.3 Nike to the Rescue? John Miller
    • 5.4 Outsized Offshore Outsourcing John Miller
    • 5.5 Are Low Wages and Job Loss Inevitable? Arthur MacEwan
    • 5.6 The Assault on Labor in Cananea, Mexico Anne Fischel and Lin Nelson
  • Chapter 6: Migration
    • 6.1 The Right to Stay Home David Bacon
    • 6.2 “They Work Here, They Live Here, They Stay Here!” Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly
    • 6.3 Made in Argentina Marie Trigona
    • 6.4 The Rise of Migrant Worker Militancy Immanuel Ness
  • Chapter 7: Economic Development
    • 7.1 World History and Economic Development Ravi Bhandari and Kenneth Pomeranz
    • 7.2 Measures of Global Poverty Arthur MacEwan
    • 7.3 Microcredit and Women’s Poverty Susan F. Feiner and Drucilla K. Barker
    • 7.5 Fair Trade and Farm Subsidies: How Big a Deal? Two Views
      • Make Trade Fair Gawain Kripke
      • False Promises on Trade Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
    • 7.5 How to Make Mud Cookies Maurice Dufour
    • 7.6 Reforming Land Reform Ravi Bhandari and Alex Linghorn
    • 7.7 Labor Radicalism and Popular Emancipation Stephen Maher
  • Chapter 8: Natural Resources and the Environment
    • 8.1 Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset 219 8.2 Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In Vasuki Nesiah and Devinder Sharma
    • 8.3 The Global Oil Market Paul Cummings
    • 8.4 Evo Morales’ Lithium Gamble Elissa Dennis
    • 8.5 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
    • 8.7 Keep It in the Ground Elissa Dennis
  • Chapter 9: The Political Economy of War and Imperialism
    • 9.1 Why the Emperor Has No Clothes Andre Gunder Frank
    • 9.2 Synergy in Security Tom Barry
    • 9.3 On the Jasmine Revolution Fadhel Kaboub
    • 9.4 The True Cost of Oil Anita Dancs
    • 9.5 Haiti’s Fault Lines Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
  • Chapter 10: Global Economic Crisis
    • 10.1 Putting the “Global” in the Global Economic Crisis Smriti Rao
    • 10.2 W(h)ither the Dollar? Katherine Sciacchitano
    • 10.3 Who Wins When the Dollar Loses Value? Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.4 (Economic) Freedom’s Just Another Word for ... Crisis-Prone John Miller
    • 10.5 The Giant Pool of Money Arthur MacEwan
  • Contributors