Real World Globalization

real world globalization cover
Edition:
9th
Date of publication:
January 2007
ISBN:
978-1-878585-65-3
Pages:
432
Price:
$28.95


  • CHAPTER 1: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION
    • The Gospel of Free Trade: The New Evangelists Arthur MacEwan
    • Free Markets, International Commerce, and Economic Development Arthur MacEwan
    • Rich and Poor in the Global Economy Bob Sutcliffe
    • Debunking the “Index of Economic Freedom” John Miller
    • The Globalization Clock Thomas Palley
    • Globalization: Good for What Ails You? John Miller
  • CHAPTER 2: CORPORATE POWER AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire James Petras
    • The Business of War in the Democratic Republic of Congo Dena Montague and Frida Berrigan
    • Enron in the Third World The Institute for Policy Studies
    • Stop Killer Coke Madeleine Baran
    • The Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: Barrelfuls of Trouble Victoria Finkle
    • Corporate Social Responsibility: An Insider’s View Cheryl Marihugh
  • CHAPTER 3: TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND DEBT
    • What Causes Exchange-Rate Fluctuations? Arthur MacEwan
    • Disarming the Debt Trap Ellen Frank
    • How Has NAFTA Affected Trade and Employment? Ellen Frank
    • Where do U.S. dollars go when the United States runs a trade deficit? Ellen Frank
    • Protectionism and Developing Countries Ellen Frank
    • Dollar Anxiety John Miller
    • Falling Off a Cliff Keith Yearman and Amy Gluckman
  • CHAPTER 4: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS
    • The ABCs of the Global Economy The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • The ABCs of Free-Trade Agreements The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • Economic Debacle in Argentina: The IMF Strikes Again Arthur MacEwan
    • FTAA-Lite Todd Tavares
    • Wolfowitz at the World Bank Arthur MacEwan
    • CAFTA’s Death Trap Aldo Caliari
    • World Trade Talks Collapse Timothy A. Wise
  • CHAPTER 5: LABOR IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
    • Sweatshops 101: Lessons in Monitoring Apparel Production Around the World Dara O'Rourke
    • Offshoring By the Numbers Angel Chen and Adria Scharf
    • Haiti Regime Cracks Down on Workers Ricky Baldwin
    • Legalizing Human Trafficking Basav Sen
    • Oaxaca’s Dangerous Teachers David Bacon
    • The Rise of Migrant Worker Militancy Immanuel Ness
    • Nike to the Rescue? John Miller
  • CHAPTER 6: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • 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
    • Is Decreasing Infant Mortality Due to Neoliberal Policies? Arthur MacEwan
    • Haiti in handcuffs Bill Fletcher, Jr.
    • Foxonomics Flops Chris Tilly
    • Is Chile a Neoliberal Success? James M. Cypher
    • Latin America’s Left Off Track Matías Vernengo
    • Don’t Blame China Kent Wong
    • China and the Global Economy Thomas Palley
    • Micro-Credit and Gender Susan Feiner and Drucilla Barker
  • CHAPTER 7: NATURAL RESOURCES, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    • Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset
    • Is the United States a Pollution Haven? Frank Ackerman
    • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Adria Scharf
    • How to Reverse Global Warming Ross Gelbspan
    • After Kyoto Paul Cummings and Adria Scharf
    • ABCs of AIDS Prevention Jessica Weisberg
    • Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In Vasuki Nesiah and Devinder Sharma
    • Minding the Timor Gap Faisal Chaudhry
    • Bolivia Gas Re-nationalization Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon
  • CHAPTER 8: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR AND IMPERIALISM
    • Ruling the Empire Alejandro Reuss
    • Spending on Defense and the Wars Chris Sturr
    • War on the Earth Bob Feldman
    • Is It Oil? Arthur MacEwan
    • In Harm's Way: The Working Class on the War Front and the Home Front Rodney Ward
    • Backs to the Wall Lucy Mair and Robyn Long
    • Iraqi Labor Confronts New Rulers, Old Rules David Bacon
    • Iraqi Labor Facing Occupation, Insurgency David Bacon
  • CHAPTER 9: REAL WORLD ALTERNATIVES
    • “They Can Walk With Their Heads Up”: Interview with Joao Pedro Stedile, National Board Member, Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra Cynthia Peters and Justin Podur
    • The Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning T. M. Thomas Issac and Richard W. Franke
    • Filipino Dump Activists Eugenio Gonzales and Liz Stanton
    • From Resistance to Production in Argentina Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
    • Post-Apartheid Vineyards William Moseley
    • Gender Responsive Budgeting Jane Midgley
    • Venezuela’s Cooperative Revolution Bob Stone and Betsy Bowman
  • CHAPTER 10: THE COMIC STRIP OF NEOLIBERALISM Nick Thorkelson
    • Is India Roundup-Ready?
    • The Washington Consensus and the Kerala Alternative
    • Megadreams of Hyperdevelopment
    • Promised Land
    • The Emperor's New Clothes with Alejandro Reuss
    • Hunger for Justice
    • Armed Privitization in Iraq
    • Neoliberalism vs. History
  • CONTRIBUTORS
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