Open World
The Truth about Globalisation
Philippe Legrain(Author)
Little, Brown & Company (Publisher)
Published on 3. October 2002
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Paperback/Softback
978-0-316-86080-2 (ISBN)
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Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. While protestors take to the streets at international summits, it is becoming conventional wisdom that companies are taking over the world, that governments' ability to tax, spend and regulate is under threat from global competition, that globalization harms the poor and that democracy is at risk. Not so, the author argues. This book aims to demolish some of these beliefs and show how, without globalization, the poor are never going to get richer. It is simply the only way, Philippe Legrain says, to give governments the means to combat poverty: money for schools, hospitals and welfare. Focusing on the history of world trade as well as topical issues such as the power of corporations, whether globalization is bad for poor countries, whether it threatens the environment and Americanises indigenous cultures, Philippe Legrain shows why elected governments are still very much in control and why a more open world offers greater opportunity for everyone, rich and poor, to better their lives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-316-86080-2 (9780316860802)
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He studied econonmics & international politics at LSE and until recently he was special adviser to the D.G. of the WTO. He has also been trade & economics correspondent for THE ECONOMIST & written for the FT, Guardian, New Statesman, Prospect, Foreign Policy & Ecologist