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The race to the top : the real story of globalization / Tomas Larsson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larsson, Tomas, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International trade--Social aspects.
- International trade.
- International trade--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Free trade--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- Free trade.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects--Developing countries.
- International economic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CATO, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Economists who write about the benefits of globalization often rely solely on statistics, while journalists often use anecdotes and little economic analysis to paint a dim picture of globalization. Swedish journalist Tomas Larsson, whose travels have taken him from Thai brothels to Brazilian shantytowns, avoids those pitfalls in his new book.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Thailand - A Global Brothel; 2. Brazilianization; 3. The Real 20/80 Society; 4. Legacies of the Ipanema Left; 5. The Isolation Trap; 6. Unfair Trade; 7. The WTO Trap; 8. Good Times, Bad Policy; 9. Trading Up; 10. Errors of the Free Traders; 11. The Cult of Secrecy; 12. The Mental Wall; 13. Third Ways; 14. The Future Is Open; 15. French Fries vs.the Goddess of the Sea; 16. The Freedom Gap; 17. Watch the Grass Grow; 18. Changing Crony Capitalism; 19. A Course in Corruption; 20. Making It Happen; 21. ""We Are All Globalizers Now""; 22. Trial by Fire; Notes
- ReferencesIndex; About the Author; A World Connected; Cato Institute
- Notes:
- "A revision and expansion of the book originally published by Timbro in Swedish as Varldens Klassresa (1999)"--Introd.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611905576
- 9781281905574
- 1281905577
- 9781933995861
- 1933995866
- 9781597340663
- 1597340669
- OCLC:
- 475937802
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