The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade

by Rivoli, Pietra

• ISBN13: 9780470118047
• ISBN10: 0470118040
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Summary

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy takes the reader on a fascinating, around-the-world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory to a used clothing market in Africa, to investigate compelling questions about the politics, economics, ethics, and history of modern business and globalization. Using the story of the t-shirt to illustrate the major issues of the globalization debate, this uniquely entertaining business book offers a surprising, enlightening, and balanced look at one of the major topics of our time. Prize or Award Business Book of the Year 2005,  Finalist AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

King Cotton

Reinsch Cotton Farm, Smyer, Texas

The History of American Cotton

Back at the Reinsch Farm

Made In China

Cotton Comes to China

The Long Race to The Bottom

Sisters in Time

Trouble At The Border

Dogs Snarling Together

Perverse Effects and Unintended

Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy

40 Years of "Temporary" Protectionism

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