Globalization of trade and finance has gone a long way over the last half-century. But it is less impressive than most … international integration. The paper documents the extent of globalization, and some reasons for the barriers that remains. It then … environment. The conclusion is that globalization is not the primary obstacle to efforts to address such concerns …

Fears that globalization necessarily hurts the environment are not well-founded. A survey reveals little statistical … regulation through a race to the bottom' effect. If anything, favorable gains from trade' effects dominate on average, for … progress under the right conditions – democracy, effective regulation, and externalities that are largely confined within …