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Grave new world : the end of globalization, the return of history /

A controversial look at the end of globalisation and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalisation, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital market...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Stephen D., 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: a Victorian perspective on globalization
  • Introduction: the Andalucian shock
  • Paradise lost
  • False prophets, harsh truths
  • The new imperium
  • Relative success
  • Pride and the fall
  • States, elites, communities
  • Globalization and nation states
  • The spirit of elitism
  • Competing communities, competing histories
  • Twenty-first-century challenges
  • People and places
  • The dark side of technology
  • Debasing the coinage
  • Globalization in crisis
  • Obligations and impossible solutions
  • Epilogue: a 2044 Republican fundraiser
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index