2013, ISBN: 1583673520

[EAN: 9781583673522], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: MONTHLY REVIEW PR Jun 2013], POLITICS / CURRENT EVENTS; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/ INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS TRADE; POLITICAL SCIENCE GENERAL, Neuw… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781583673522], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: MONTHLY REVIEW PR Jun 2013], POLITICS / CURRENT EVENTS; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/ INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS TRADE; POLITICAL SCIENCE GENERAL, Neuware - 'Globalization," surely one of the most used and abused buzzwordsof recent decades, describes a phenomenon that is typically considered to be a neutral and inevitable expansion of market forces across the planet. Nearly all economists, politicians, business leaders, and mainstream journalists view globalization as the natural result of economic development, and a beneficial one at that. But, as noted economist Martin Hart-Landsberg argues, this perception does not match the reality of globalization. The rise of transnational corporations and their global production chains was the result of intentional and political acts, decisions made at the highest levels of power. Their aim - to increase profits by seeking the cheapest sources of labor and raw materials - was facilitated through policy-making at the national and international levels, and was largely successful. But workers in every nation have paid the costs, in the form of increased inequality and poverty, the destruction of social welfare provisions and labor unions, and an erratic global economy prone to bubbles, busts, and crises. This book examines the historical record of globalization and restores agency to the capitalists, policy-makers, and politicians who worked to craft a regime of world-wide exploitation. It demolishes their neoliberal ideology - already on shaky ground after the 2008 financial crisis - and picks apart the record of trade agreements like NAFTA and institutions like the WTO. But, crucially, Hart- Landsberg also discusses alternatives to capitalist globalization, looking to examples such as South America's Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) for clues on how to build an international economy based on solidarity, social development, and shared prosperity. 208 pp. Englisch, Books<

2008, ISBN: 9781583673522

Globalization, surely one of the most used and abused buzzwordsof recent decades, describes a phenomenon that is typicallyconsidered to be a neutral and inevitable expansion of marketforc… Mehr…

Globalization, surely one of the most used and abused buzzwordsof recent decades, describes a phenomenon that is typicallyconsidered to be a neutral and inevitable expansion of marketforces across the planet. Nearly all economists, politicians, businessleaders, and mainstream journalists view globalization as thenatural result of economic development, and a beneficial one atthat. But, as noted economist Martin Hart-Landsberg argues, thisperception does not match the reality of globalization. The rise oftransnational corporations and their global production chains wasthe result of intentional and political acts, decisions made at thehighest levels of power. Their aim ? to increase profits by seekingthe cheapest sources of labor and raw materials ? was facilitatedthrough policy-making at the national and international levels, andwas largely successful. But workers in every nation have paid thecosts, in the form of increased inequality and poverty, the destructionof social welfare provisions and labor unions, and an erraticglobal economy prone to bubbles, busts, and crises.This book examines the historical record of globalization and restoresagency to the capitalists, policy-makers, and politicians whoworked to craft a regime of world-wide exploitation. It demolishestheir neoliberal ideology ? already on shaky ground after the 2008financial crisis ? and picks apart the record of trade agreementslike NAFTA and institutions like the WTO. But, crucially, Hart-Landsberg also discusses alternatives to capitalist globalization,looking to examples such as South America's Bolivarian Alliancefor the Americas (ALBA) for clues on how to build an internationaleconomy based on solidarity, social development, and shared prosperity. Books, [PU: Monthly Review Press]<

2013, ISBN: 9781583673522

Consequences, Resistance, and Alternatives, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Monthly Review Press,U.S.], Monthly Review Press,U.S., 2013