Some economists have argued that the process of disintegration of the world economy between the two World Wars led to …

The paper discusses recent world income inequality calculations by Sala- i-Martin. It shows that the two main problems … of income augmented by a constant shift parameter and not a distribution of income among world citizens. …

incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of … the new dynamics of turbo-charged globalization has the potential and power to destabilize our societies. Drawing on the … governments, businesses, and individuals can better manage risk in our contemporary world. Goldin and Mariathasan assert that the …

incomes, education, innovation, and technology. But rapid globalization has also created concerns because the repercussions of … the new dynamics of turbo-charged globalization has the potential and power to destabilize our societies. Drawing on the … governments, businesses, and individuals can better manage risk in our contemporary world. Goldin and Mariathasan assert that the …

The paper shows that the current view of globalization as an automatic and benign force is flawed: it focuses on only … one, positive, face of globalization while entirely neglecting a malignant one. The two key historical episodes that are … adduced by the supporters of the “globalization as it is” (the Halcyon days of the 1870-1913, and the record of the last two …

of prosperity in the world economy.<p> …

Many prominent critics regard the international financial system as the dark side of globalization, threatening … disadvantaged nations near and far. But in <i>The Next Great Globalization</i>, eminent economist Frederic Mishkin argues the … opposite: that financial globalization today is essential for poor nations to become rich. Mishkin argues that an effectively …

Using panel regression for the period 1970-2000 the paper analyzes whether globalization has influenced the OECD … endogeneity of the regressors, the results show that globalization (measured by an index covering 23 variables) did not generally … decrease the leeway for independent economic policy. Globalization even increased implicit tax rates on capital (as calculated …