The Wind of the Hundred Days
Subtitle: How Washington Mismanaged Globalization
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: December 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780262024952
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Globalization; International economics; International Economic Relations; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; USA; Economic History; International - Economics; International Relations - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; International - Taxation; Capital movements; Commercial policy; Economic aspects; Foreign economic relations; Free Trade; United States
First sentence: In the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, the mainstream view, indeed the prevalent myth, that dominates policy circles is that despite the evidence of a crisis-prone world of freer capital mobility as inescapably brought to our attention by the 1994 Mexican peso debacle and the current Asian tragedy, a world characterized by full capital mobility continues to be not just inevitable but also immensely desirable.
Description: A collection of public policy essays about globalization argues that the clinton adminstration embraced unsubstantiated anti-globalization rhetoric resulting in the paradox of domestic policy success and failure on the external front.