The globalization paradox why global markets, states, and democracy can't coexist
For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet there have been consistent warning signs that a global economy and free trade might not always be advantageous. Where are the pressure points? What could be done about t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623528006719 |
| Summary: | For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet there have been consistent warning signs that a global economy and free trade might not always be advantageous. Where are the pressure points? What could be done about them?Dani Rodrik examines the back-story from its seventeenth-century origins through the milestones of the gold standard, the Bretton Woods Agreement, and the Washington Consensus, to the present day. Although economic globalization has enabled unprecedented levels of prosperity in advanced countries |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. First published as: The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy by W. W. Norton, 2011. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191634253 9781283582667 9786613895110 9780191634246 |
