Globalization and Its Discontents - Couverture rigide

Stiglitz, Joseph

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0713996641 ISBN 13 : 9780713996647

Editeur : Allen Lane, 2002

Synopsis

In this hugely controversial book, the most recent winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics argues that though globalization should be a powerful force for good, it has been badly mishandled by the West (especially its lead institutions, the World Bank and the IMF), and that the anti-globalizing protestors have much to say that we should listen to. Coming from a figure of Stiglitz's background and authority, this is an explosive message which will change the way we regard modern global politics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph E. Stiglitz was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers 1995-7 and Chief Economist at the World Bank 1997-2000. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University, teaching in the Department of Economics, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Graduate School of Business. He is also the Chief Economist of the Roosevelt Institute and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001 and is the bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents, The Roaring Nineties, Making Globalization Work, Freefall, The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, all published by Penguin.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

I have written this book because while I was at the World Bank, I saw first hand the devastating effect that globalization can have on developing countries, and especially the poor within those countries. I believe that globalization - the removal of barriers to free trade and the closer integration of national economies - can be a force for good and that it has the potential to enrich everyone in the world, particularly the poor. But I also believe that if this is to be the case, the way globalization has been managed, including the international trade agreements that have played such a large role in removing those barriers and the policies that have been imposed on developing countries in the process of globatization, need to be radically rethought.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen Lane
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0713996641
• ISBN 13: 9780713996647
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible