Proponents of globalization often conclude that its critics are ignorant or self-motivated. In doing so, they have … missed a valuable opportunity to discover both how best to communicate the benefits of globalization, and how to improve on … the current model of globalization. This paper examines the values, beliefs and facts that lead critics to the view that …

This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of … globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the … evidence suggests that the poor are more likely to share in the gains from globalization when there are complementary policies …

A number of economic studies have used a proxy for world real economic activity derived from shipping costs. This … with world output, and ability to predict commodity prices. I conclude that measures derived from world industrial …

savings-investment link (i.e., the savings retention coefficient) remains relatively high …

globalization on commodity price structure, the causes of protection, the impact of world migration on poverty eradication, and the …The world has seen two globalization booms over the past two centuries, and one bust. The first global century ended … with World War I and the second started at the end of World War II, while the years in between were ones of anti …

crises' impact on real per capita GDP, infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty headcounts, and calorie supply per capita … percent below that of non-defaulting peers after a decade. Based on the trajectory of the health, nutrition, and poverty …

, possibly reflecting high-income countries' tendency to deploy their savings in the global capital markets. The presence of …

institutional development, with a goal of informing the recent debate over the existence and relevance of the "savings glut." The … reverse correlation; greater financial development leads to higher savings. Furthermore, there is no evidence of "excess …