Globalization at risk : challenges to finance and trade / Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Kati Suominen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde.

Contributor:

Suominen, Kati.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

International economic relations.

International finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History has declared globalization the winner of the 20th century. Globalization connected the world and created wealth unimaginable in the wake of the Second World War. But the financial crisis of 2008-09 has now placed at risk the liberal economic policies behind globalization. Engulfing the entire world, the crisis gave new fuel to the skeptics of the benefits of economic integration. Policy responses seem to favor anti-globalizers. New regulations could balkanize the global financial system, while widespread protectionist impulses might undo the Doha Round. Issues from climate change to national security may be used as convenient excuses to keep imports out, keep jobs at home, and to clamp down on global capital. Will globalization triumph or perish in the 21st century? What reforms make sense in the post-crisis world? International economists Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Kati Suominen argue that globalization has been a force of great good, one that needs to be actively advanced and honed. Drawing on the latest economic analyses, they reveal the drivers and effects of global finance and trade, lay out the key risks to globalization, and offer a practical policy roadmap for managing the challenges while increasing the gains. Vital reading for anyone in business, finance, foreign affairs, or economics, Globalization at Risk is sure to advance public debate on this defining issue of the 21st century.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BOOMING FINANCE

3. EXPANDING COMMERCE

4. MIGHTY MULTINATIONALS

5. SOUTHBOUND

6. A DANGEROUS TIME IN GLOBAL FINANCE

7. TRADE IN TROUBLE

8. ANXIOUS WORKERS

9. NEW FRICTIONS

10. AFTERWORD

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-300-15731-2

OCLC:

1024001790