Has Globalization Gone too Far?
(Washington: Institute for International Economics, 1997)
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Has Globalization Gone Too Far?
by Dani Rodrik
March 1997, 128 pp.
ISBN paper 0-88132-241-5 - $20.00
Globalization
is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and
mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market�the apparent "winners"�and
those without. These apparent "losers" are increasingly anxious
about their standards of living and their precarious place in an integrated
world economy. The result is severe tension between the market and broad sectors
of society, with governments caught in the middle. Compounding the very real
problems that need to be addressed by all involved, the kneejerk rhetoric
of both sides threatens to crowd out rational debate. From the United States
to Europe to Asia, positions are hardening. Author Dani Rodrik brings a clear
and reasoned voice to these questions.Has Globalization Gone Too Far? takes an unblinking and objective look at the benefits�and risks�of international
economic integration, and criticizes mainstream economists for downplaying
its dangers. It also makes a unique and persuasive case that the "winners"
have as much at stake from the possible consequences of social instability
as the "losers." As Rodrik points out, ". . . social disintegration
is not a spectator sport�those on the sidelines also get splashed with mud
from the field. Ultimately, the deepening of social fissures can harm all."
President Clinton read the book and it provided the conceptual basis for the
trade/IMF portions of his State of the Union message in January 1998.
Globalization is "the next great foreign policy
debate," Thomas Friedman of the New York Times wrote, and he found Has Globalization
Gone Too Far? "provocative" on the subject. This book provides a critical
definition�and welcome clarity�to that debate.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction (325.4KB)
2. Consequences
of Trade for Labor Markets and the Employment Relationship (329.8KB)
3. Tensions
Between Trade and Domestic Social Arrangements (227.9KB)
4. Trade
and the Demand for Social Insurance (809.7KB)
5. Implications (255.7KB)
Appendix A-B 392.3KB
References
Index