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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Globalization and Its Enemiesby Daniel Cohen
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2006 The enemies of globalizationandmdash;whether they denounce the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones or the imposition of Western values on traditional culturesandmdash;see the new world economy as forcing a system on people who do not want it. But the truth of the matter, writes Daniel Cohen in this provocative book, may be the reverse. Globalization, thanks to the speed of twenty-first-century communications, shows people a world of material prosperity that they do wantandmdash;a vivid world of promises that have yet to be fulfilled. For the most impoverished developing nations, globalization remains only an elusive image, a fleeting mirage. Never before, Cohen says, have the means of communicationandmdash;the mediaandmdash;created such a global consciousness, and never have economic forces lagged so far behind expectations. For the poorest countries of the world, writes Cohen, the problem is not so much that they are exploited by globalization as that they are forgotten and excluded. Review:andquot;Daniel Cohen's breathtaking tour of globalization across the centuries is supremely entertaining and provocative. He punctures cherished myths and offers cool common sense and wisdom in the midst of hysterical debates. A must read!andquot; andmdash;William Easterly, Professor of Economics, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden Review:andquot;Globalization and Its Enemies is one of the most original and incisive inquiries into the subject that I have seen. No one who reads and understands it can come away believing that the current phase of this complex and uneven process is leading to the peaceful universal market of business utopians, or accept the simple narrative of anti-capitalist movements in which underdevelopment is a consequence of the wealth of advanced countries. There is more wisdom in Cohen's short book than in dozens of weightier tomes...andquot; andmdash; John Gray, New York Review of Books About the AuthorDaniel Cohen is Professor of Economics at the cole Normale Suprieure and the Universitde Paris-I. He is also a member of the Council of Economic Analysis for the French prime minister and an op-ed columnist for Le Monde. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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