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Winners and Losers in Globalization - Hardcover

De La Dehesa, Guillermo

 
9781405133821: Winners and Losers in Globalization
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1405133821 ISBN 13: 9781405133821
Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Seeking reason in the impassioned globalization debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalization, in a style accessible to readers unfamiliar with economic theory.

  • Objectively and dispassionately illuminates the emotionally charged globalization debate;
  • Acknowledges that the costs and benefits of globalization will not be distributed evenly;
  • Details the economic effects of globalization on individuals, governments, nation-states and business;

Assesses the impact of globalization on both labor markets and financial markets, on global economic growth and on income distribution and real convergence between different national economies.

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About the Author

Guillermo de la Dehesa is the Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. He spent twenty years in various Spanish governmental positions from the late 1960s through the late 1980s. Since leaving the public sector he has held a number of Chairman and Chief Executive positions in the private sector; he is currently Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe, Independent Director of the Santander Banking Group and Aviva PLC, among others. He is a member of the "Group of Thirty", a nonprofit, independent consultative group which counts luminaries such as Mervyn King (Governor at the Bank of England), Lawrence Summers (President of Harvard), Paul Krugman and Stanley Fischer among its ranks.

From the Back Cover

Is globalization a limitless source of benefit to humanity? Or is it responsible for the increasing gap between wealthy and poor nations, job flight and a host of other ills? How can the positive results of globalization be shared more broadly and any negative effects be minimized?

Guillermo de la Dehesa, current Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, offers an objective and dispassionate analysis of the emotionally charged globalization debate, detailing the economic effects of globalization on individuals, governments, nation states and businesses.

Seeking reason in this impassioned debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalization, in a style accessible to readers unfamiliar with economic theory.

From the Inside Flap

Is globalization a limitless source of benefit to humanity? Or is it responsible for the increasing gap between wealthy and poor nations, job flight and a host of other ills? How can the positive results of globalization be shared more broadly and any negative effects be minimized?

Guillermo de la Dehesa, current Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, offers an objective and dispassionate analysis of the emotionally charged globalization debate, detailing the economic effects of globalization on individuals, governments, nation states and businesses.

Seeking reason in this impassioned debate, de la Dehesa examines who stands to win and who stands to lose from the process of globalization, in a style accessible to readers unfamiliar with economic theory.

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Publisher
*Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1405133821
ISBN 13 
9781405133821
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
251