The globalization gap how the rich get richer and the poor get left further behind

"The globalization gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new wealth generated by globaliza...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Isaak, Robert A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall/Financial Times c2005.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Financial Times Prentice Hall books
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The revolt of the rich
  • Time versus opportunity
  • Who the rich are and how they live
  • Pyramids of opportunity
  • Corporate wealth and hedging
  • The global speed trap : diversifying to ward off losses and old age
  • Why the poor are where they are
  • A passage through India
  • Poverty traps
  • Origins of the rules of globalization
  • How the rules rule the poor
  • Global crises we will all face
  • A blueprint for sharing opportunity.