In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Featuring a new afterword by the author, in which he counters recent writings by prominent journalists and economists. The riottorn meeting of the world trade organization in seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labour to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization, and a host of other ills afflicting poorer nations. With a new afterword reprint by jagdish bhagwati isbn. Why antiglobalisation ranters deserve to be on the psychiatrists couch.
With the wit and wisdom for which he is renowned, bhagwati convincingly shows that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem. The economist once again, columbia university economist jagdish bhagwati has weighed into the increasingly partisan and ideological debate over trade, offshore outsourcing and globalization. An outstandingly effective book until further notice in defense of globalization becomes the standard generalinterest reference, the intelligent laymans handbook, on global economic integration. And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with globalizationwe cant seem to appreciate the good things that it brings. The riottorn meeting of the world trade organization in seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labor to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization, and a host of other ills afflicting poorer nations. Anyone who wants to understand whats at stake in the globalization wars must read in defense of globalization. In defense of globalization jagdish bhagwati oxford. In defense of globalization with a new afterword jagdish bhagwati. In defense of globalization paperback jagdish bhagwati oxford. One of the foremost economic thinkers of our day argues that globalization is right and its critics are wrong.