Re: Re: looking for a book on the global economy

["Janet M. Tanski" <jtanski@xxxxxxxx>]

A possibility might also be David Korten's "When Corporations Rule the
World." (Kumarian Press)



At 04:50 PM 9/19/00 +1200, you wrote:
>How about the following. Second half consists of great case studies.
>
>Bill
>
>Title  The globalization of poverty : impacts of IMF and World Bank reforms /
>Michel Chossudovsky.
>Author Chossudovsky, Michel.
>Published London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Zed Books ; Penang, Malaysia :
Third
>World Network, 1997.
>Subjects International Monetary Fund --Developing countries.
>         International Monetary Fund --Europe, Eastern.
>         World Bank --Developing countries.
>         World Bank --Europe, Eastern.
>         Poverty --Developing countries.
>         Poverty --Europe, Eastern.
>
>Description  280 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
>ISBN 1856494020 (pbk.)  1856494012 (hardbound)
>Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
>
>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
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