Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade critically examines the Washington Consensus,its history,theory,practice and its global outcomes. Two decades have passed since neoliberal globalization began to be implemented, and its highly uneven effects have given rise to a growing opposition. The present debate is not about the need to utilize international resources in the effort to enhance global development,but rather about the mannerin which resources should be brought to bear on this project. Throughout the volume,contributors critically analyze whether free trade is the optimal path to development in the current global climate. The book is organized in four parts, each dedicated to one of the four major issues that inform the debate. The first part focuses on the history and theory of the relationship between international trade and economic development. The second part is concerned with the linkages between globalization and economic development. It examines the actual experiences of various parts of the world in the neoliberal era, ranging from Asia and Latin America to Russia and Eastern Europe. The third part analyzes the effects of globalization on gender inequality and international poverty. And the final section looks at the impact of capital account liberalization,both on the developing world and on the developed coun- tries themselves. Anwar Shaikh is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University,USA. Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy 1 Equilibrium Versus Understanding 8 Social Economy Towards the rehumanization of The logic of capitalist development economics within social theory Clark Everling Mark Addleson 9 New Keynesian Economics/Post 2 Evolution,Order and Complexity Keynesian Alternatives Edited by Elias L. Khalil and Edited by Roy J. 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Lippit 81 Globalization and the Myths 71 Macroeconomic foundations of of Free Trade macroeconomics History,theory and empirical evidence Alvaro Cencini Edited by Anwar Shaikh Globalization and the Myths of Free Trade History, theory, and empirical evidence Edited by Anwar Shaikh First published 2007 by Routledge 2 Park Square,Milton Park,Abingdon,Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave,New York,NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,an informa business This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2007 Selection and editorial matter Anwar Shaikh; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved. 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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-96638-4 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10:0-415-77047-5 (hbk) ISBN10:0-203-96638-4 (ebk) ISBN13:978-0-415-77047-7 (hbk) ISBN13:978-0-203-96638-9 (ebk) Contents List of tables xi List of figures xiii List of contributors xv List of abbreviations xvii Acknowledgments xix 1 Introduction 1 ANWAR SHAIKH PART I Globalization and free trade 21 2 Kicking away the ladder:the “real”history of free trade 23 HA-JOON CHANG 3 Globalization and the myth of free trade 50 ANWAR SHAIKH 4 Globalization and free trade:theory,history,and reality 69 DEEPAK NAYYAR PART II Globalization and economic development 85 5 External liberalization in Asia,postsocialist Europe and Brazil 87 LANCE TAYLOR 6 Exports,foreign investment and growth in Latin America: skepticism by way of simulation 116 JOHN WEEKS
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