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In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for In Defense of GlobalizationIn 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.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Published: 25 October 2007
- Format: Paperback 344 pages
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- Categories: Globalization | Economics | International Economics | Development Economics
- ISBN 13: 9780195330939 ISBN 10: 0195330935
- Sales rank: 102,854
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Full description for In Defense of Globalization
In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful force for social good in the world today. Drawing on his unparalleled knowledge of international and development economics, Bhagwati explains why the "gotcha" examples of the critics are often not as compelling as they seem. With the wit and wisdom for which he is renowned, Bhagwati convincingly shows that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem. This edition features a new afterword by the author, in which he counters recent writings by prominent journalist Thomas Friedman and the Nobel Laureate economist Paul Samuelson and argues that current anxieties about the economic implications of globalization are just as unfounded as were the concerns about its social effects.

