Re: looking for a book on the global economy

["Ellen Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten




pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and
>I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global
>economy.  The ideal book would:
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>discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world debt,
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>the politics and economics of structural adjustment,
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>liberalization of capital flows and instability in foreign exchange
>markets,
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>debates within, between, and against the international financial
>institutions,
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>the east Asian financial crisis,
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>and the upsurge in global inequality.
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>It would also:
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>put all of this within a political context, and
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>be readable by students with the equivalent of intro micro, intro macro,
>and political economy.
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>It isn't necessary to have a book that "theorizes" all of this in some
>novel way or pushes a particular interpretation.  The most important
>thing is to convey the facts of recent history, the political and
>institutional context, and the types of arguments different people are
>making.  (Yes, I know, some degree of theoretical commitment is
>necessary to do these things, but I'm more interested in the planets
>than the telescope right now...)
>
>Peter
>