"Westerners on both the left and right overwhelmingly equate globalization with Westernization and presume that the global economy is a pure Western-creation. While such a conception flatters the Western ego, this book challenges it via more inclusive thinking. It reveals the multicultural...

Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II - The Manila Trade -- Chapter III - The Capital Markets of the Manila Trade -- Chapter IV - The Business Model of the one-Galleon System -- Chapter V – An Alternative model of Trade Finance -- Chapter VI – The Political Economy of the Manila trade --...

Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different. Only one product-refined petroleum-appears in the top 25 products for both countries, and services exports are roughly twice as important for India as for China, which is much...