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. …

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 …

diffusion of norms in the context of globalization. It measures the influence of nonstate actors on foreign societies and states … adopted this discourse and integrated many practices prevalent in the US private sector. It shows that the globalization of …

There have been increasing warnings lately that the world economy is in danger of disintegrating. How realistic are … such fears? Could the world's trading partners have a serious interest in such a development and be prepared to accept the …