Re: looking for a book on the global economy

["Anthony D'Costa" <dcosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barbara Stallings and Stephan Haggard, both political scientists, could be
a start.  World Development had a special issue on the Asian crisis.

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On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Peter Dorman wrote:

> 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:
>
> discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world debt,
>
> the politics and economics of structural adjustment,
>
> liberalization of capital flows and instability in foreign exchange
> markets,
>
> debates within, between, and against the international financial
> institutions,
>
> the east Asian financial crisis,
>
> and the upsurge in global inequality.
>
> It would also:
>
> put all of this within a political context, and
>
> be readable by students with the equivalent of intro micro, intro macro,
> and political economy.
>
> 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
>
>