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The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist


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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 and has been a boon to hundreds of millions of poor workers in China and elsewhere in Asia, it is a concept that rests on shaky pillars, he contends. Its long-term sustainability is not a given. The heart of Rodrik 's argument is a fundamental 'trilemma': that we cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national self-determination, and economic globalization. Give too much power to governments, and you have protectionism. Give markets too much freedom, and you have an unstable world economy with little social and political support from those it is supposed to help. Rodrik argues for smart globalization, not maximum globalization.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Recasting Globalization's Narrative 1: Of States and Markets: Globalization in History's Mirror 2: The Rise and Fall of the First Great Globalization 3: Why Doesn't Everyone Get the Case for Free Trade? 4: Bretton Woods, GATT, and the WTO: Trade in a Politicized World 5: Financial Globalization Follies 6: The Foxes and Hedgehogs of Finance 7: Poor Countries in a Rich World 8: Trade Fundamentalism in the Tropics 9: The Political Trilemma of the World Economy 10: Is Global Governance Feasible? Is It Desirable? 11: Designing Capitalism 12: A Sane Globalization Afterword: A Bedtime Story for Grown-ups

About the Author :
Dani Rodrik is one of the world's top economists, well known for his original and prescient analyses of globalization and economic development. His ideas on improving national and global economic policies-in the fields of trade, industry, finance, and growth-have been highly influential among economists and policy makers alike. His 1997 book Has Globalization Gone Too Far? was called one of the decade's best economics books in Business Week. Rodrik's syndicated monthly columns for the Project Syndicate network are published in scores of newspapers around the world. His blog, "Unconventional thoughts on economic development and globalization " is widely read and frequently cited in newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times and The Economist. In 2007, he was recognized as the first recipient of the prestigious Albert O. Hirschman award of the Social Science Research Council (New York).

Review :
`This book takes on the biggest issue of our time - globalization - and eloquently enlarges the debate about the extent and limits of global cooperation.' Gordon Brown, MP `In this powerfully argued book, Dani Rodrik makes the case for country-specific paths to economic development and saner, more sustainable forms of growth. A provocative look at the excesses of hyper-globalization, The Globalization Paradox should be required reading for those who seek to prevent the financial crises and unfair trade practices that feed the backlash against open markets.' Nouriel Roubini, co-author of Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance `Dani Rodrik may be globalization's most prominent - and most thoughtful - gadfly. In The Globalization Paradox, he wonders aloud whether extreme globalization undermines democracy - and vice-versa. Read it and you'll wonder, too.'' Alan S. Blinder, former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve `His excellent new book is a sequel to an earlier book about the often disruptive impact of international trade on national labor markets and social policies. The new book develops and extends this theme to include financial globalization... Rodrik concludes by considering how the world economy might be reformed.' Robert Rowthorn, Finance and Development,


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199603336
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0199603332
  • Publisher Date: 24 Mar 2011
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Weight: 670 gr


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