Michael Veseth

Globaloney 2.0 (eBook, ePUB)

The Crash of 2008 and the Future of Globalization

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Globalization is in retreat, but history tells us that this is but a temporary reversal. Globalization will return, but in what form? More cycles of boom and bust? Or can globalization be rebuilt on a more feasible and sustainable platform? These are the compelling questions that Michael Veseth tackles in this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his award-winning book. Veseth shows how pre-crash visions of globalization were based on three powerful myths: that global finance was a stable foundation for a global economy, that global markets homogenized and Americanized the world, and that globalization itself was irresistible-impossible to shape or oppose at any level from the grassroots on up. The world economic crisis has revealed globalization's Achilles heel: the fundamental instability of global financial markets and the unsettled foundation of economic globalization generally. This realization is a necessary first step, but it alone is not enough. We must rethink the rest of globalization's myths, Veseth persuasively argues, if we want to move beyond boom and bust to a sustainable global future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780742567474
• Artikelnr.: 38439632

Autorenporträt

Michael Veseth

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Globalization? Or Globaloney?
Chapter 2: Financial Globaloney: Safe as Houses
Chapter 3: The Crash of 2008 and the Global Market Myth
Chapter 4: Golden Arches Globaloney
Chapter 5: The Only Game in Town
Chapter 6: Grassroots Globaloney
Chapter 7: Slow-balization: Using Globalization to Fight Globalization
Chapter 8: Globalization and the French Exception
Chapter 9: The Future of Globalization (and Globaloney)