In Defense of Globalization
Subtitle: With a New Afterword
Edition: Reprint edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: July 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780195330939
Subjects: Development economics; International economics; International Economic Relations; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Economic Conditions; Globalization; International - Economics; Political Science / Globalization; Anti-globalization movement; Economic aspects; Social aspects
Description: In the passionate debate over globalization, critics have blamed it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now the economist, Bhagwati, reveals that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today.