Odd couple : international trade and labor standards in history / Michael Huberman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huberman, Michael.

Series:

Yale series in economic and financial history.

Yale series in economic and financial history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

Labor laws and legislation.

Labor laws and legislation, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. The Virtuous Circle of Trade and the Labor Compact

2. Challenge and Response

3. Markets and States in Old and New Worlds

4. International Labor Standards: Ideas or Trade Based?

5. Did the Labor Compact Reduce In e qual ity?

6. Did Labor Standards Harm or Benefi t Trade?

7. The Labor Compact in the Long Twentieth Century

8. Vandervelde's Gift

APPENDIX

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-57165-9

9786613601254

0-300-15876-9

OCLC:

793358894