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020 $a0813368170 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHF1713$b.T686 2000
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100 1 $aTonelson, Alan,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90684740
245 14 $aThe race to the bottom :$bwhy a worldwide worker surplus and uncontrolled free trade are sinking American living standards /$cAlan Tonelson.
260 $aBoulder, Colo. :$bWestview Press,$c2000.
300 $axviii, 222 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 175-209) and index.
520 1 $a"In The Race to the Bottom, Alan Tonelson explains how a competition has emerged in which countries with the weakest workplace safety laws, the lowest taxes, and the toughest unionization laws win investment from American and European countries.
520 8 $aTonelson argues that this "race to the bottom" in labor standards has been the driving force behind the decline of American living standards for the past quarter century and, as we have already begun to see, will cause even bigger problems for the worldwide economy as it continues."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aFree trade.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051682
650 0 $aGlobalization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010179
650 0 $aLabor supply.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073724
651 0 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y1993-2001.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006370
852 00 $boff,bus$hHF1713$i.T686 2000