long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance by the forces of globalization and … technology. Now it is back with a vengeance, propelled by a groundswell of populists around the world. In Straight Talk on Trade …, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic of economic globalization taken too far, goes beyond the populist backlash and …

1. Historical context: First Globalization, British Empire, effects on the colonies, Industrial revolution in Britain …, Deindustrialization in Bengal, slave trade -- 2. New Globalization starts with the abolition of the Soviet Union in 1991. WTO in 1995 … globalization from the Greek and Roman Empires onwards, the contemporary challenges posed by globalization is analysed in relation …

globalization from the Greek and Roman Empires onwards, the contemporary challenges posed by globalization is analysed in relation … to both multinational companies and Wall Street banks. The influence of the World Trade Organization is investigated …, with a particular focus on how it has created a Washington consensus throughout the world. This book aims to provide a non …

In recent years, the world trading system has been confronted by a range of new and developing challenges: the risk of … the World Trade Organization to consider the history of trade, the current trading system and how it should be reformed in …

contributions to global trade growth have come from East Asian countries in the developing world and the Euro area in the developed … world. Merchandise trade, which in recent years has been less resilient than services trade, picked up, growing by 4 …