Globaloney 2.0 : the crash of 2008 and the future of globalization
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Globaloney 2.0 : the crash of 2008 and the future of globalization
（Globalization / series editor, Manfred B. Steger and Terrell Carver）
Rowman & Littlefield, c2010
2nd ed
- : cloth : alk. paper
- : pbk. : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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)
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