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LEADER: 02498cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2007006416
003 DLC
005 20130518081908.0
008 070215s2007 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007006416
020 $a1405136693 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9781405136693 (hbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm87444832
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHF1359$b.D448 2007
082 00 $a339.2$222
084 $a83.40$2bcl
100 1 $aDehesa, Guillermo de la.
245 10 $aWhat do we know about globalization? :$bissues of poverty and income distribution /$cGuillermo de la Dehesa.
260 $aMalden, MA ;$aOxford :$bBlackwell Pub,$c2007.
300 $aix, 370 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-346) and index.
505 0 $aTechnical progress and economic prosperity -- Technical progress, poverty, and inequality -- Growth reducing exogenous and structural factors -- Growth reducing endogenous factors -- The world distribution of income -- Globalization and inequality -- More developing countries' access to developed countries' markets -- More foreign direct investment to developing countries -- More integration of trade and finance -- More and better development aid -- More migration.
520 $aThis book examines the two fundamental arguments that are often raised against globalization: that it produces inequality and that it increases poverty. Here Guillermo De la Hesa, Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a member of the Group of Thirty, and a leading figure in economics explains the ways in which wealthy nations and developing countries alike have failed to implement changes that would result in a reversal of these social ills, and also dispels the notion of the so-called "victim of globalization", demonstrating how, despite popular belief, acceleration of globalization actually stands to reduce the levels of poverty and inequality worldwide. He poses the question as to whether increased technological, economic, and cultural change can save the world from international income inequality, and by extension, further violence, terrorism and war.
650 0 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aIncome distribution.
650 0 $aPoverty.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007006416-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007006416-d.html