Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Language
English
Description
Contrarian economist Chang blasts holes in the "World Is Flat" theories of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang shows, today's economic superpowers--from the United States to Britain to his native South Korea--all attained prosperity by protectionism and government intervention in industry. We in...
2) Free trade
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether free trade boosts U.S. exports, whether protectionist manufacturing trade policies undermine American competitiveness, and whether free trade policies create a culture of crime and devastate impoverished countries.
Series
IMF working paper volume WP/06/203
Publisher
International Monetary Fund, Policy Development and Review Dept
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.
Author
Series
IMF working paper volume WP/09/186
Publisher
International Monetary Fund, Strategy, Policy, and Review Dept
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English