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Open World: The Truth About Globalisation - Softcover

Legrain, Philippe

 
9780349116440: Open World: The Truth About Globalisation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 034911644X ISBN 13: 9780349116440
Verlag: Abacus, 2002

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Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. While protestors take to the streets at international summits, it is becoming conventional wisdom that companies are taking over the world, that governments' ability to tax, spend and regulate is under threat from global competition, that globalization harms the poor and that democracy is at risk. The author of this text argues that this is not so. Aiming to demolish some of these myths, Legrain shows how, without globalization, the poor are never going to get richer. It is simply the only way, he argues, to give governments the means to combat poverty: money for schools, hospitals and welfare. Focusing on the history of world trade as well as topical issues such as the power of corporations, whether globalization is bad for poor countries, whether it threatens the environment and Americanizes indigenous cultures, Philippe Legrain shows why elected governments are still very much in control and why a more open world offers greater opportunity for everyone, rich and poor, to better their lives.

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Philippe Legrain studied econonmics & int'l politics at LSE. Until recently he was special adviser to the D.G. of the WTO. He has also been trade & economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST & written the FT, Guardian, New Statesman,Prospect, Foreign Policy & Ecologist

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Verlag
Abacus
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
034911644X
ISBN 13 
9780349116440
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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