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"Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to contribute to and benefit from global trade on new terms. Global trade is heading toward chaos. Globalization has in part been a zero-sum game over the last 20 years, as China's middle and upper classes have grown sharply while Wes...
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Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to contribute to and benefit from global trade on new terms. Global trade is heading toward chaos. Globalization has in part been a zero-sum game over the last 20 years, as China's middle and upper classes have grown sharply while Western economies have stagnated. Wealthy countries, most notably the United States and the United Kingdom, are now on the brink of abandoning free trade as it includes both the principles and the theories behind it because their economies cannot compete with those of China and some developing countries. Preva |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781440861307 1440861307 |
| Index Number: | HF1713 |
| CLC: |
F171.25 F74 |
| Call Number: | F74/J179 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Trump, nationalism, and a future in the balance -- Trade past and present (a quick primer) -- Why the United States is no longer competitive in international trade -- Broader problems with trade: what's behind antiglobalism -- Is the world trade order broken? -- Can welfare states survive in the global economy? -- Potential trade scenarios -- The huge (but hard to quantify) social benefits of trade -- How mature industrial nations should forge the neo-multilateralism -- Conclusion: a vision for sustainable global growth through trade. |