Real World Globalization

Edited by Elizabeth T. Henderson, Jawied Nawabi, Abhilasha Srivastava,
and the Dollars & Sense collective

real world globalization cover
Edition:
23rd
Date of publication:
October 2024
ISBN:
978-1-939402-95-0
Pages:
394
Price:
$55.00


  • CHAPTER 1—CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION
    • 1.1 The Gospel of Free Trade Arthur MacEwan
    • 1.2 Inevitable, Irresistible, and Irreversible? Alejandro Reuss
    • 1.3 Debunking the “Index of Economic Freedom” John Miller
    • 1.4 Rich and Poor in the Global Economy Bob Sutcliffe
    • 1.5 Free Markets, International Commerce, and Economic Development Arthur MacEwan
  • CHAPTER 2—CORPORATE POWER AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • 2.1 Monopoly Capital and Global Competition Arthur MacEwan
    • 2.2 U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empire James Petras
    • 2.3 Synergy in Security Tom Barry
    • 2.4 The Other Colombia: Economics and Politics of Depropriation Patricia M. Rodriguez
    • 2.5 Bankrupcy as Corporate Makeover Mara Kardas-Nelson, Lin Nelson, and Anne Fischel
  • CHAPTER 3—TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND DEBT
    • 3.1 Comparative Advantage Ramaa Vadsudevan
    • 3.2 Fair Trade and Farm Subsidies: How Big a Deal? Two Views
      • Make Trade Fair Gawain Kripke
      • False Promises on Trade Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot
    • 3.3 What Causes Exchange-Rate Fluctuations? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.4 Who Wins when the Dollar Loses Value? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.5 Is China’s Currency Manipulation Hurting the U.S.? Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.6 Pressure from the Bond Market Arthur MacEwan
    • 3.7 Disarming the Debt Trap Ellen Frank
    • 3.8 W(h)ither the Dollar? Katherine Sciacchitano
  • CHAPTER 4—INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TRADE AGREEMENTS
    • 4.1 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.2 The World Trade Organization The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.3 NAFTA and CAFTA The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.4 The European Union (EU) and the Eurozone The Dollars & Sense Collective
    • 4.5 Wounded Tiger: Ireland and the IMF Dan Read
    • 4.6 Structural Adjustment, Here and There Arthur MacEwan
    • 4.7 Obama’s Double Game on Outsourcing Roger Bybee
  • CHAPTER 5—LABOR IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • 5.1 International Labor Standards Arthur MacEwan
    • 5.2 Campus Struggles Against Sweatshops Sarah Blaskey and Phil Gasper
    • 5.3 Nike to the Rescue? John Miller
    • 5.4 Outsized Offshore Outsourcing John Miller
    • 5.5 Are Low Wages and Job Loss Inevitable? Arthur MacEwan
    • 5.6 On Strike in China Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
  • CHAPTER 6—MIGRATION
    • 6.1 The New Political Economy of Immigration Tom Barry
    • 6.2 “They Work Here, They Live Here, They Stay Here!” Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly
    • 6.3 Made in Argentina Marie Trigona
    • 6.4 The Right to Stay Home David Bacon
    • 6.5 The Rise of Migrant Worker Militancy Immanuel Ness
  • CHAPTER 7—ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • 7.1 World History and Economic Development Ravi Bhandari and Kenneth Pomeranz
    • 7.2 Microcredit and Women’s Poverty Susan F. Feiner and Drucilla K. Barker
    • 7.3 Reforming Land Reform Ravi Bhandari and Alex Linghorn
    • 7.4 Myths of Famine William G. Moseley
    • 7.5 Measuring Economic Development Alejandro Reuss
    • 7.6 Turning Gas Into Development in Bolivia Aaron Luoma and Gretchen Gordon
  • CHAPTER 8—NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
    • 8.1 Genetic Engineering and the Privatization of Seeds Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset
    • 8.2 Is the United States a Pollution Haven? Frank Ackerman
    • 8.3 Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces Frank Ackerman
    • 8.4 The Costs of Extreme Weather Heidi Garret-Peltier
    • 8.5 Keep It in the Ground Elissa Dennis
  • CHAPTER 9—THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR AND IMPERIALISM
    • 9.1 Is It Oil? Arthur MacEwan
    • 9.2 The True Cost of Oil Anita Dancs
    • 9.3 “Tied” Foreign Aid Arthur MacEwan
    • 9.4 Haiti’s Fault Lines Chris Tilly and Marie Kennedy
    • 9.5 Colonialism, “Underdevelopment,” and the International Division of Labor Alejandro Reuss
  • CHAPTER 10—GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
    • 10.1 Putting the “Global” in the Global Economic Crisis Smriti Rao
    • 10.2 (Economic) Freedom’s Just Another Word for ... Crisis-Prone John Miller
    • 10.3 The Giant Pool of Money Arthur MacEwan
    • 10.4 Greece and the Eurozone Crisis Gerald Friedman
    • 10.5 Why the U.S. is Not Greece John Miller and Katherine Sciacchitano
    • 10.6 Resistance to Austerity Grows in Europe Marjolein Van Der Veen
  • Contributors