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Although globalization promised an improved standard of living, it has actually worsened the financial situation of many homes and has made the financial crisis global through the influences of international financial institutions such as the World Bank. Globalization limits development and civilization to a path that only leads to a Western ...
The book debuted at number 12 on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending June 18, 2022. [1] Kirkus Reviews acknowledged the book's points, but regarded its forecast as excessively pessimistic: [2] Zeihan is enthusiastic in his writing, and he covers a great deal of territory, some of it in superficial or questionable ...
Right-wing antiglobalism, [1] [2] [3] also referred to as the antiglobalist right, [4] [5] is a political position opposing globalization, arguing that it endangers national economies and identities and promotes illegal immigration.
Globalization and Its Discontents is a book published in 2002 by the 2001 Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. The title is a reference to Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents . The book draws on Stiglitz's personal experience as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Bill Clinton from 1993 and chief economist at the World Bank ...
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century is a 2005 book by American political commentator Thomas L. Friedman.It analyzes globalization in the early 21st century, suggesting that the world has a level playing field where countries, companies, and individuals need to remain competitive in a global market.
The book was generally met with favorable reviews, including Reason magazine, [2] The Economist, [10] Financial Times, [11] and The Spectator. [7]Some critics of the book included the New Statesman, [12] and Kristian Niemietz of IEA stated that the book was even-handed in its criticism of both left and right wing politically motivated anti-liberalism, "Some chapters are primarily aimed at the ...
False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism is a 1998 book by political philosopher John Gray that argues that free-market globalization is unstable and is in the process of collapsing. A 2002 edition includes a foreword that relates the themes of False Dawn to the 11 September 2001 attacks and the new US military posture that led to the ...
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism is a book about economics written by Ha-Joon Chang, a South Korean institutional economist specializing in development economics. It criticizes mainstream economics of globalization and neo-liberalism. Chang claims that developed countries want developing countries to ...