Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Asian Trade in Antiquity -- Trade in the Eastern Islamic Countries in the Early Centuries -- Le marchand musulman -- Commercial Techniques in Early Medieval Islamic Trade -- Archaeology and the Study of Later Islamic Pottery -- China and Islam–The...

It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the...

The long-term impact of globalization, outsourcing, and technological change on workers is increasingly being studied by economists. At the nexus of labor economics, industry studies, and industrial organization, The Analysis of Firms and Employees presents new findings about these impacts by...

Depending on one's point of view, multinational enterprises are either the heroes or the villains of the globalized economy. Governments compete fiercely for foreign direct investment by such companies, but complain when firms go global and move their activities elsewhere. Multinationals are...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE CHANGING BALANCE OF POWER IN THE WORLD ECONOMY -- 3. THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM -- 4. THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY -- 5. STRAINS ON THE AMERICAN DOLLAR -- 6. STAGNATION IN THE CANADIAN ECONOMY, 7958-67 -- 7. THE UNEMPLOYMENT...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Changes in the Trade Balances of Countries Exporting Chiefly Primary Products, 1927-33 -- 2. The Relation between Imports and Exports in the Base Period -- 3. Changes in Exports of Individual Commodities -- 4. Changes in Exports...

The author relates U.S. export and import trends over the past four decades to changes in the domestic economy and in the trade of other countries.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print...