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Odd couple : international trade and labor standards in history /
It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the disti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Yale series in economic and financial history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes appendix with bibliographical references (pages 173-184), chapter notes with bibliographical references (pages 185-202), bibliographical references (pages 203-230), and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300158762 0300158769 |