NoNonsense Globalization: Buying and Selling the World

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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Globalization then and now; The colonial roots of globalization; Expanding international trade; The inefficient magic of the marketplace; Enter the free-market fundamentalists; The East Asian financial crisis; 2. The Bretton Woods trio; Keynesian economics; The International Monetary Fund (IMF); The World Bank; GATT and the World Trade Organization; 3. Debt and structural adjustment; The origins of the debt crisis; Dictator kickbacks and 'odious debt'; Structural adjustment; The limited scope of debt relief;Explains and examines globalization from all angles #x96; and explores strategies for redesigning the global economy in the common interest. Intro Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Introduction 1. Globalization then and now The colonial roots of globalization Expanding international trade The inefficient magic of the marketplace Enter the free-market fundamentalists The East Asian financial crisis 2. The Bretton Woods trio Keynesian economics The International Monetary Fund (IMF) The World Bank GATT and the World Trade Organization 3. Debt and structural adjustment The origins of the debt crisis Dictator kickbacks and 'odious debt' Structural adjustment The limited scope of debt relief 4. The corporate centuryCorporate merger mania Pushing privatization The problem with foreign direct investment Impacts of NAFTA The dangers of overproduction 5. Global casino Financial crises proliferate The Asian meltdown Why capital controls offer protection Latin American responses 6. Poverty, the environment and the market The price of ignoring the environment How boosting exports can backfire Spiralling inequality The tyranny of tax havens and the super-rich How globalization can derail development 7. Redesigning the global economy Another world is possible Abolish the Bretton Woods institutionsSupport a tax on financial speculation Control capital for the public good Index