Winners and Losers in Globalization / Edition 1

by Guillermo de la Dehesa

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405133821
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/10/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.85(h) x 0.85(d)

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Paul Krugman

Introduction viii

1 What Is Globalization? 1

2 Globalization and Economic Growth 10

3 Globalization, Real Convergence, and Income Distribution 28

4 Globalization, Employment, and Labor Markets 50

5 Globalization and the Size of Firms: Multinationals 72

6 Globalization, State, and Government 86

7 Globalization and Economic Policy 98

8 Globalization and Exchange Rates 109

9 Globalization and Financial Crises 119

10 Globalization and Culture 166

11 Who Wins and Who Loses in Globalization? 177

Bibliography 190

Index 218