Globalization - What's New

Informationen zum Autor Michael M. Weinstein is director of programs for the Robin Hood Foundation and the New York Times Foundation. He provided analysis of economic issues for National Public Radio before joining the New York Times! becoming a member of its editorial board and its economics columnist during the 1990s. Klappentext With original contributions from ten eminent economists! this collection presents diverse and original perspectives on globalization. The contributors analyze recent trends in trade! immigration! and capital flows; why some poor countries have grown while others have stagnated during the past two decades; globalization's impact on jobs and wages in poor countries and in the United States; the surprising environmental benefits of globalization; the degree to which foreign aid helps developing countries; the failures of international institutions to govern the global economy and supporting democracy; and how foreign loans and investments can wreak havoc on a nation's economy. Zusammenfassung Cuts through the confusion and rhetoric to offer straightforward! incisive analyses of globalisation and its future. The contributors analyse recent trends! immigrations and capital flows. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction! by Michael M. Weinstein! Robin Hood Foundation and New York Times Company Foundation2. Trade and Globalization! by Douglas A. Irwin! Dartmouth College3. Capital Flows! Financial Crises! and Public Policy! by Charles W. Calomiris! Professor of Economics! Columbia University4. Globalization and Immigration! by George J. Borjas! Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at Kennedy School of Government! Harvard University5. Globalization! Poverty! and Inequality! by David Dollar! Development Research Group! World Bank6. The Environment and Economic Globalization! by Jeffrey A. Frankel! Harpel Professor! Kennedy School of Government! Harvard University7. The Rich Have Markets! the Poor Have Bureaucrats! by William Easterly! New York University8. Feasible Globalizations! by Dani Rodrik! Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy! Kennedy School of Government! Harvard University9: Globalization and Patterns of Economic Growth! by Jeffrey D. Sachs! Director! Earth Institute! Columbia University10. The Overselling of Globalization! by Joseph E. Stiglitz! University Professor! Columbia University ...

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• Authors: Zygmunt Bauman, Michael Weinstein, Zygmunt Bauman
• Assisted by: Nicholas Sun Pang (Editor), Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang (Editor), Michael Weinstein (Editor), Michael M. Weinstein (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2005
• EAN: 9780231134590
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13459-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 13 mm
• Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs