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In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker Francois Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations such as China, India, and Brazil, and the exponentially increasing inequality within countri

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Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why.

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A completely new investigation of the fair trade phenomenon, from the origins to what it is likely to become.

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An incisive introduction to global finance-the current mechanisms and the need for control and reform.

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By examining the dramatic impact of James Wolfensohn, one of the most powerful Australians on the world stage, since he took over as President of the World Bank in 1995, this book explores the challenges and contradictions of the West's efforts to enlarge the world's wealth in an age of globalisation and global terror.

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Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement. This book offers insights into the political economy of PTA formation.

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The good times have gone forever and we must now adjust to a new reality of job creation and degrowth.

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The world looks far different today than it did before the global financial crisis struck. This title reveals how we're not nearly as globalized as we think we are, and how people around the world can secure their collective prosperity through the approaches to cross-border integration.

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This text examines the behaviour and performance of key European economies since the end of World War II. The unifying theme of the book is the way in which the economies concerned have experienced and dealt with growth, stagnation and structural change.

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The new edition of this reader introduces and places in context a collection of contributions to our understanding of international political economy. The first section introduces ideologies of political economy and substantive applications. Subsequent sections examine the history and current tenor of international monetary and trade relations.

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China, the nation that changed beyond all recognition, becoming an industrial powerhouse for the world. The author shows China's weaknesses - its environmental pollution, its crisis in social trust, its weak financial system and the faltering institutions of its governments - which are poised to have disruptive effects on the world.

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While Michael Lewis worked as a bond dealer at Salomon Brothers he began his second career as a journalist. In this book the author provides a contemporary record of the ups and downs of the world's money markets and of the rise and fall of some of the larger-than-life personalities.

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Provides a history of European monetary integration over the past fifty years, from the European Payments Union (EPU) to the realization of economic and monetary union (EMU) as mapped out in the Maastricht Treaty.

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This text is about positive and normative issues in international trade and focuses on methods of applied analysis. It includes theory sections and chapters dealing with imperfect competition and other new trade theory topics. It also identifies the implications and weaknesses of the various theories and models in terms of empirical implementation.

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Empirical studies and theoretical analyses examine the causes and consequences of disruptions in cross-border economic relationships, including political conflict, economic sanctions, and institutional collapse.

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This book examines the U.S. international trade finance system, including the banks that finance trade; Major foreign export credit agencies are discussed and compared with the American system, which is the most comprehensive in the world in its facilitation of financing U.S. export trade.

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Normal and Abnormal International Capital Transfers was first published in 1939. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

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This is a broad-ranging study of U.S. strategic export control policy.