Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073DJG9CX |
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| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since then, globalization has continued to be mismanaged and has left a trail of disaffected citizens in its wake. Renowned economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz explains it here in plain and compelling language.” —James K. Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz’s powerful and prescient messages remain essential reading.“Accessible, provocative, and highly readable.”—New York Times“This book is everyone’s guide to the misgovernment of globalization. Discontent with globalization is no longer a problem just for developing nations, as made clear by Dona
Author with Impeccable Credentials Gives Clear, Easy to Understand - and Shocking - History and Warning The author's credentials are impeccable - start with winning the Nobel Prize for Economics, among other things - and you can rely on the information and message in this book to be written from the vantage point witnessed few people, and understood by even fewer. This nether "conservative bashing" or "liberal bashing;" rather, "idiot bashing" and "ideologue bashing" as we learn that the current policies, efforts, objectives and results of the World Bank (and it's parter, the IMF) are now in complete opposition to the very raison d'être . Mixed Bag It takes some temerity to add yet another to 35 existing reviews of this book! But I do have a rather different reading of it. Previous reviewers seem to have thought that it was either the cat's meow or just a venomous attack. I am somewhere in between. The book makes a number of excellent, telling points against IMF and World Bank policies and assumptions. It does this in the context of what is, indeed, a full-scale attack--no punches pulled. Stiglitz' alternatives are not always the most viable or well-considered, either. So, three or fou. A Comprehensive and Human Look at Globalization Relentless Joseph Stiglitz is very smart man (not because he won a Nobel Prize), and this books shows it. The book is a very extensive explanation of the social cost-benfits of globalization. Further, it shows why it has failed many times in the past. The two main culprits of the "demise" of globalization are (ironically enough) the two main organizations who are supposed to be in charge of development, poverty, welfare, and resciliency of the world's economy. It shows how technocrats and bureaucrats have dome much more damage than good in developing c
He strongly believes that globalization can be a positive force around the world, particularly for the poor, but only if the IMF, World Bank, and WTO dramatically alter the way they operate, beginning with increased transparency and a greater willingness to examine their own actions closely. Open, frank discussion was discouraged--there was no room for it." The book is not entirely critical, however: "Those who vilify globalization too often overlook its benefits," Stiglitz writes, explaining how globalization, along with foreign aid, has improved the living standards of millions around the world. Of his time at the World Bank, he writes, "Decisions were made on the basis of what seemed a curious blend of ideology and bad economics, dogma that sometimes seemed to be thinly veiling special interests. Due to massive media coverage, many people are familiar wit