Field Guide to the Global Economy Revised Edition Contributor(s): Anderson, Sarah (Author), Cavanagh, John (Author), Lee, Thea (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565849566 ISBN-13: 9781565849563 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: - If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would rank as China's fifth-largest export market - Air pollution from Mexican manufacturing nearly doubled during Nafta's first four years - Since 1968, worldwide employment at the top ten U.S. manufacturing firms dropped 28%, while sales climbed 133% - In 2003, the wealth of the world's 587 billionaires ($1.9 trillion) is greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
Dewey: 658.84 |
LCCN: 2004064975 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 7.54" W x 9.26" (0.75 lbs) 149 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This fully updated and expanded second edition of The Field Guide to the Global Economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. Illustrated throughout with charts, graphs, and cartoons, the book documents new trends, including the foreign outsourcing of U.S. service jobs, as well as the increasing influence of mega-firms like Wal-Mart and labor union-free China on workers around the globe. Published in conjunction with the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent research institute based in Washington, D.C., this accessible guide explains how global institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and North American Free Trade Agreement affect communities, workers, the poor, and the environment. The book dispels the widely disseminated propaganda about current globalization policies and provides an update on the burgeoning movement that is challenging them, from Bolivian water warriors to U.S. student anti-sweatshop activists. |