Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade

Informationen zum Autor Anwar Shaikh is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University, USA. Klappentext Written by an international team of contributors this book is a critical examination of the ongoing enterprise of neoliberalism; its history, theory, practice, and most of all, of its outcomes. Zusammenfassung Written by an international team of contributors this book is a critical examination of the ongoing enterprise of neoliberalism; its history, theory, practice, and most of all, of its outcomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part I: Globalization and Free Trade 2. Kicking Away the Ladder: The Real History of Free Trade 3. Globalization and the Myth of Free Trade 4. Globalization and Free Trade: Theory, History and Reality Part II: Globalization and Economic Development 5. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe and Brazil 6. Exports and Foreign Investment in Latin America: Skepticism by Way of Simulation 7. Real Exchange Rates, Labor Markets and Manufacturing Exports in a Global Perspective Part III: Globalization, Gender and Inequality 8. The Great Equalizer?: Globalization Effects on Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean 9. Poverty and Growth in Least Developed Countries: Some Measurement and Conceptual Issues Part IV: Globalization, Capital Mobility and Competition 10. Capital Account Liberalization, Free Long-Term Capital Flows, Financial Crises and Economic Development 11. Globalization and Profitability Since 1950: A Tale of Two Phases?

Klappentext

Written by an international team of contributors this book is a critical examination of the ongoing enterprise of neoliberalism; its history, theory, practice, and most of all, of its outcomes.

Inhalt

1. Introduction Part I: Globalization and Free Trade
   2. Kicking Away the Ladder: The Real History of Free Trade 3. Globalization and the Myth of Free Trade 4. Globalization and Free Trade: Theory, History and Reality Part II: Globalization and Economic Development
      5. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe and Brazil 6. Exports and Foreign Investment in Latin America: Skepticism by Way of Simulation 7. Real Exchange Rates, Labor Markets and Manufacturing Exports in a Global Perspective Part III: Globalization, Gender and Inequality
         8. The Great Equalizer?: Globalization Effects on Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean 9. Poverty and Growth in Least Developed Countries: Some Measurement and Conceptual Issues Part IV: Globalization, Capital Mobility and Competition
            10. Capital Account Liberalization, Free Long-Term Capital Flows, Financial Crises and Economic Development 11. Globalization and Profitability Since 1950: A Tale of Two Phases?