Straight Talk on Trade Ideas for a Sane World Economy – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
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- ISBN-10 : 1665137142
- ISBN-13 : 978-1665137140
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In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic of economic globalization taken too far, goes beyond the populist backlash and offers a more reasoned explanation for why our elites’ and technocrats’ obsession with hyper-globalization made it more difficult for nations to achieve legitimate economic and social objectives at home: economic prosperity, financial stability, and equity. Rodrik takes globalization’s cheerleaders to task, not for emphasizing economics over other values, but for practicing bad economics and ignoring the discipline’s own nuances that should have called for caution. He makes a case for a pluralist world economy where nation-states retain sufficient autonomy to fashion their own social contracts and develop economic strategies tailored to their needs. Rather than calling for closed borders or defending protectionists, Rodrik shows how we can restore a sensible balance between national and global governance. Ranging over the recent experiences of advanced countries, the eurozone, and developing nations, Rodrik charts a way forward with new ideas about how to reconcile today’s inequitable economic and technological trends with liberal democracy and social inclusion.
table of contents:
Chapter 1 A Better Balance
Chapter 2 How Nations Work
Chapter 3 Europe’s Struggles
Chapter 4 Work, Industrialization, and Democracy
Chapter 5 Economists and Their Models
Chapter 6 The Perils of Economic Consensus
Chapter 7 Economists, Politics, and Ideas
Chapter 8 Economics as Policy Innovation
Chapter 9 What Will Not Work
Chapter 10 New Rules for the Global Economy
Chapter 11 Growth Policies for the Future
Chapter 12 It’s the Politics, Stupid!