Capitalist Globalization: Consequences, Resistance, and Alternatives Tapa blanda - 2013

Monthly Review Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.20x5.50x0.70 inches.

Monthly Review Press, 2013-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. "Globalization," surely one of the most used and abused buzzwords of recent decades, describes a phenomenon that is typically considered to be a neutral and inevitable expansion of market forces across the planet. Nearly all economists, politicians, business leaders, and mainstream journalists view globalization as the natural result of economic development, and a beneficial one at that. But, as noted economist Martin Hart-Landsberg argues, this perception does not match the reality of globalization. The rise of transnational corporations and their global production chains was the result of intentional and political acts, decisions made at the highest levels of power. Their aim - to increase profits by seeking the cheapest sources of labor and raw materials - was facilitated through policy-making at the national and international levels, and was largely successful. But workers in every nation have paid the costs, in the form of increased inequality and… Leer más

Monthly Review Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.20x5.50x0.70 inches.

Monthly Review Press , pp. 208 . Papeback. New.