Format:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780367292577
,
9781000230017
Content:
This book addresses the dimensions and consequences of the new global economy for the U.S. population and presents thoughtful policy options for mitigating its impact. It offers contrasting perspectives on the origin and trends of the current international economic order
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: A Historical Overview of the Global Economy -- PART I: CHARTING THE DIMENSIONS -- 1 Origins of the Global Economy -- 1.A The World-System: Myths and Historical Shifts -- 1.B European Expansion: The History of Innovation and Performance -- 2 Current Trends in Global Production -- 2.A Multinational Corporations: Profits at What Cost? -- 2.B Decentralized Production: A Technological Revolution with Political Issues -- 3 A Case Study of the Steel Industry -- 3.A The New International Division of Labor: The Changing Relationship of Brazilian and American Steel -- 3.B Unfair Trade and Foreign Subsidies: Steel "Chaos". in the United States -- 4 Implications for the U.S. Economy -- 4.A Trade Deficits: The Evidence Against the Reagan Fiscal Policy -- 4.B Deindustrialization: The Case Against Capital Flight -- PART II: FACING THE DILEMMAS -- 5 The Impact on Labor -- 5.A Surplus Labor: An Appeal for an International Trade Program -- 5.B Technological Displacement: Strategies of the Global Auto Industry -- 5.C Deunionization: Economic Dislocation in an American Community -- 6 The Social Costs for Women and Blacks -- 6.A Women: Disproportionate Losers in Jobs and Status -- 6.B Blacks: Paying the Costs of Economic Change -- 7 Proposals for Revitalization -- 7.A The Welfare State: The Implications of Sweden's Democratic Socialism -- 7.B State-Sponsored Partnership: Building a Hi-Tech Center for Western Pennsylvania -- 7.C Free-Market Entrepreneurship: Political Realism Within American Democracy -- Conclusion: A Sociological Assessment of Divergent Perspectives -- Epilogue: Seeking an Alternative to the Global Economy -- About the Contributors
Additional Edition:
Print version Gondolf, Edward W. The Global Economy Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 ISBN 9780367292577
Language:
English
Keywords:
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