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9780470422618

globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470422618

  • ISBN10:

    0470422610

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-11-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

In Globalization, authors Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn cut through the myths surrounding globalization and look more closely at its real impact, presenting a more accurate picture of the present status of globalization and its future consequences. Page by page, they uncover the real facts about globalization and answer the most important questions it raises, including: Will globalization increase or diminish in economic importance? Do higher living standards depend more on global or local conditions- and What are the actual implications of globalization for financial markets?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Just How Global Are We?
It May Be News, But It Isn't New: A Brief History of Globalization
Tradable Goods
From Goods to Services
Which Services Remain Rooted?
Why So Newsworthy?
Countries Control Their Fates: How Little Globalization Explains
Who Calls the Shots?
An Inadvertent Experiment
The Uneven Course of Manufacturing
The Recipe for Productivity Growth
Importance of Incremental Improvements
Tell Me Again: Why Is China Rising?
Episodic Improvements and Retreats
Widely Shared Diversions
What About Free Trade?
Keep It Local
Employment Trends for Globalization 3.0: Are All the Good Jobs Going Away?
Recent History as a Guide
Recent Patterns of Employment and Unemployment in the United States
The Changing Nature of Work
The Meaning Is in the Details
That Giant Sucking Sound Is Coming Fromà
But Will the Future Be Different?
What About Wages?
Can We Make Any Money?: What Globalization Does to Profits
Companies Under Globalization 3.0
Why Some Companies Are Profitable
Profits in Competitive Markets: Low Before Globalization, and Low After
Profits in Protected Markets: Do They Survive?
How to Keep Competitors Out
The Special Role of Economies of Scale Advantages
Competitive Advantages in a Global World
The Future of Profitability
International Finance in a Global World: Home Field Advantage
Flow of Funds
Foreign Direct Investment: Not Where the Action Is
Financial Markets and Portfolio Investment: Not Here, Either
Institutions as Investors: These Do Matter
Safer at Home: Financial Markets and the Limits of Globalization
Global Capital Markets and Economic Development: More Headlines Than Production Lines
A Genuine Global Economic Problem: Replacing the Consumer of Last Resort
The Link between Reserve Currencies and Global Financial Stability
Chronic Surplus Countries and Monetary Mercantilism
The Global Financial System and Global Economic Stability
The Situation of the United States
A Modest Proposal for a New Reserve Currency
Conclusion: Beyond Economics
Globalization and Everything Else
One Last Question
Notes
About the authors
Index
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