Real World Globalization

real world globalization cover
Edition:
10th
Date of publication:
August 2009
ISBN:
978-1-878585-76-9
Pages:
379
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 What’s Wrong with Neoliberalism? Robert Pollin
    • 1.4 Debunking the Index of Economic Freedom John Miller
    • 1.5 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 The Business of War in the Democratic Republic of Congo Dena Montague and Frida Berrigan
    • 2.3 Enron in the Third World The Institute for Policy Studies
    • 2.4 Stop Killer Coke! Madeleine Baran
    • 2.5 Blood on the Palms David Bacon
  • CHAPTER 3: TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND DEBT
    • 3.1 What Causes Exchange-Rate Fluctuations? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.2 Disarming the Debt Trap Ellen Frank
    • 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 Hot Commodities, Stuffed Markets, and Empty Bellies Ben Collins
  • 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 The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.3 Beyond the Creditors’ Cartels Dariush Sokolov
    • 4.4 The Social Costs of Neoliberalism in China An interview with Han Deqiang
    • 4.5 From NAFTA to the SPP Katherine Sciacchitano
    • 4.6 Women of NAFTA Martha Ojeda, Felicitas Contreras, and Yolanda Treviño
  • CHAPTER 5: LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • 5.1 International Labor Standards Arthur MacEwan
    • 5.2 The Globalization Clock Thomas Palley
    • 5.3 Free Markets and Death Squads in Haiti Ricky Baldwin
    • 5.4 Oaxaca’s Dangerous Teachers David Bacon
    • 5.5 Nike to the Rescue? John Miller
    • 5.6 Outsized Offshore Outsourcing John Miller
  • 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
    • 6.5 Remittances to the Rescue? Alissa Thuotte
  • CHAPTER 7: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • 7.1 World History and Economic Development Ravi Bhandari and Kenneth Pomeranz
    • 7.2 Is Decreasing Infant Mortality Due to Neoliberal Policies? Arthur MacEwan
    • 7.3 Measures of Global Poverty Arthur MacEwan
    • 7.4 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
    • 7.6 Inequality Worsens Across Asia, Wall Street Journal Cheers John Miller
    • 7.7 How to Make Mud Cookies Maurice Defour
    • 7.8 Reforming Land Reform Ravi Bhandari and Alex Linghorn
    • 7.9 Land Reform under Lula: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Chris Tilly, Marie Kennedy, and Tarso Luís Ramos
  • CHAPTER 8: NATURAL RESOURCES, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    • 8.1 Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset
    • 8.2 The ABCs of AIDS Prevention Jessica Weisberg
    • 8.3 Fisherfolk Out, Tourists In Vasuki Nesiah and Devinder Sharma
    • 8.4 Minding the Timor Gap Faisal Chaudhry
    • 8.5 The Global Oil Market Paul Cummings
    • 8.6 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
    • 8.7 Climate Change and Ecosocialism An interview with Joel Kovel
  • CHAPTER 9: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR AND IMPERIALISM
    • 9.1 Why the Emperor Has No Clothes Andre Gunder Frank
    • 9.2 U.S. Imperialism, Militarism, and the U.S. Labor Unions Bill Fletcher, Jr.
    • 9.3 War on the Earth Bob Feldman
    • 9.4 In Vieques, Puerto Rico, La Lucha Continua Liv Gold
    • 9.5 Conscripted by Poverty Anna Sussman
    • 9.6 Iraq’s Workers Strike to Keep Their Oil David Bacon
  • CHAPTER 10: GLOBAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
    • 10.1 Putting the “Global” in the Global Economic Crisis Smriti Rao
    • 10.2 (Economic) Freedom's Just Another Word for ... Crisis-Prone John Miller
    • 10.3 The Giant Pool of Money Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.4 The Specter of Capital Flight Marie Duggan
    • 10.5 Tax Havens and the Financial Crisis Rachel Keeler
    • 10.6 No Bailout for AIDS Mara Kardas–Nelson
  • Contributors