What Do We Know About Globalization?: Issues of Poverty and Income DistributionISBN: 978-1-4051-3669-3
Hardcover
384 pages
September 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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What Do We Know About Globalization: Issues of Poverty &
Income Distribution examines the two fundamental arguments that
are often raised against globalization: that it produces inequality
and that it increases poverty.
- A lively and accessible argument about the impact and
consequences of globalization from a leading figure in economics -
Dehesa is Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a
member of the Group of Thirty
- Demonstrates the ways in which wealthy nations and developing
countries alike have failed to implement changes that would result
in a reversal of these social ills
- Dispels the notion of the so-called 'victim of globalization',
demonstrating how, despite popular belief, acceleration of
globalization actually stands to reduce the levels of poverty and
inequality worldwide
- Asks whether increased technological, economic, and cultural change can save us from international income inequality, and by extension, further violence, terrorism and war