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Grave new world : the end of globalization, the return of history /

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A look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order. Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital markets, is beginni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Stephen D., 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Globalization.
International economic relations.
Economics.
Globalisierung.
Weltwirtschaft.
Internationale Kooperation.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Globalizzazione.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: a Victorian perspective on globalization
  • Introduction: the Andalucian shock
  • Paradise lost
  • False prophets, harsh truths
  • The new imperium
  • Relative success
  • Pride and the fall
  • States, elites, communities
  • Globalization and nation states
  • The spirit of elitism
  • Competing communities, competing histories
  • Twenty-first-century challenges
  • People and places
  • The dark side of technology
  • Debasing the coinage
  • Globalization in crisis
  • Obligations and impossible solutions
  • Epilogue: a 2044 Republican fundraiser
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.