Global Economy, Global Justice : Theoretical and Policy Alternatives to Neoliberalism

ISBN-13: 9780415124270 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 294 str.

George DeMartino;George DeMartino

Opis

This volume presents a critique of the fashionable idea of globalization, where the kind of global economy that is in the process of forming is seen as the highest possible form of economy, and the neoliberal economic orthodoxy on which it rests. Global Neoliberalism locates the incoherence of neoliberal policy in the neoclassical theories of distribution and welfare on which it depends. These in turn are based on faulty assumptions about human nature and so are unable to answer the question; What leads to a good economic outcome?. Alternative egalitarian theories of welfarism from heterodox economics and political philosophy, especially those of Amartya Sen, are shown to provide an adequate normative framework for assessing economic outcomes. This volume interrogates whether any global economic mode of distribution can be proposed given the cultural and value diversity in the world. George DeMartino develops an internationalist ethic that tolerates cultural diversity while resisting oppression.

This text presents a devastating critique of the currently fashionable idea of globalisation. Using comprehensive and non-technical language this book looks at the world's cultural and value diversity, and questions whether it is possible to impose a global policy, given these differences. Topics covered include:
* theories of distribution and welfare
* what leads to a good economic outcome?
* Egalitarian theories of welfarism
* global neoliberalism and the free market culture.

Recenzje

George De Martino's fine book provides and applies normative and other methodological tools to discuss policy options concerning economic globalization This book deserves a wide audience. - Des Gasper, Institute of Social Studies, 2002

'George De Martino has written an interesting book ... illuminating.' - Economic Geography Research Group

Spis treści

Introduction PART 1 Normative matters 1 Neoclassical theory and welfarism 2 Welfarism and the market 3 Distributive justice and economic heterodoxy PART 2 Global neoliberalism 4 Whose values, whose rules? 5 Contesting competitiveness 6 The trade debate PART 3 Rethinking global policy regimes 7 Global economic policies for the year 2025

O autorze

George DeMartino is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver