Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy

ISBN-13: 9780521643764 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 532 str.

Dean Baker; Robert Pollin; Gerald Epstein

Opis

In Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy, thirty-six prominent economists analyze the impact of the emerging global economy on our national sovereignty and standards of living. Does globalization cause inequality? Instability? Unemployment? Environmenal degradation? Or is it an engine of prosperity and wealth for the vast majority of the world's citizens? The authors analyze problems, institutions and possible government responses, and conclude that globalization can be a force for good or ill depending on the degree of regulation that governments and citizens can exercise over its trajectory.

Recenzje

'In this excellent collection, 37 contributors from around the world study the World Bank, the IMF, the multinational corporations, movement of capital, goods and labour and the possibilities of national economic renewal.' Morning Star

Spis treści

1. Introduction Dean Baker, Gerald Epstein and Robert Pollin; 2. The revival of the liberal creed: the IMF, the World Bank and inequality in a globalized economy Ute Pieper and Lance Taylor; 3. India: dirigisme, structural adjustment and the radical alternative Prabat Patnaik and C. P. Chandrasekhar; 4. Globalisation, transnational corporations, and economic development: can the developing countries pursue strategic industrial policy in a globalising world economy Ha-Joon Chang; 5. Multinational corporations in the neo-liberal regime James Crotty, Gerald Epstein and Patricia Kelly; 6. Implications of globalization for macroeconomic theory and policy in developing countries Amit Bhaduri; 7. Asia and the crisis of financial globalization David Felix; 8. Globalization and financial systems: policies for the new environment Marc Schaberg; 9. Housing finance in the age of globalization: from social housing to life cycle risk Gary Dymski and Dorene Isenberg; 10. Openness and equity: regulating labor market outcomes in a globalized economy Jim Stanford; 11. Integration and income distribution under the North American Free Trade Agreement: the experience of Mexico Mehere Larudee; 12. Malthus redux? Globalization and the environment Eban Goodstein; 13. Freedom to move in the age of globalization Bob Sutcliffe; 14. Immigration, inequality and policy alternatives Greg DeFreitas; 15. Notes on international migration suggested by the Indian experience Prabat Patnaik and C. P. Chandrasekhar; 16. The NAIRU: is it a real constraint Dean Baker; 17. Internal and external constraints on egalitarian policies Andrew Glyn; 18. The effects of globalization on policy formation in South Africa Laurence Harris and Jonathan Michie; 19. Can domestic expansionary policies succeed in a globally integrated environment? A consideration of alternatives Robert Pollin.