Real world economic outlook : the legacy of globalization : debt and deflation / edited by Ann Pettifor ; editorial consultant, Janet Bush.
2003
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Title
Real world economic outlook : the legacy of globalization : debt and deflation / edited by Ann Pettifor ; editorial consultant, Janet Bush.
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Call Number
HC59 .R315 2003
ISBN
1403917949 (cloth)
9781403917942 (cloth)
1403917957 (pbk.)
9781403917959 (pbk.)
9781403917942 (cloth)
1403917957 (pbk.)
9781403917959 (pbk.)
Description
xxxviii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)52814078
Summary
'The Real World Economic Outlook' describes the real world economy that affects real people and not just the ostentatiously wealthy. Written for a mass audience, it should be read by everyone for the reliable and credible resource that it is.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on contributors
Executive summary
Introduction
1.
Making sense of our world: 1970-2003 / Ann Pettifor
5
2.
Globalization and its consequences / Romilly Greenhill
20
Predatory lending in Britain / Pat Conaty
25
Stock options and their affect on wealth inequality / Claus Gruber
31
Inflation paranoia / Joseph Stiglitz
42
Slicing and dicing risk / Joseph Stiglitz
45
3.
Real world economic outlook / Romilly Greenhill
50
4.
Real world environmental outlook / Andrew Simms
60
5.
Outlook for the Middle East: unfulfilled promises and devastation / Erinc Yeldan
75
6.
Outlook for South and Central America: economic stagnation and state decline / Franklin Serrano
84
7.
Outlook for North America: the three-bubble economy / Dean Baker
90
8.
Outlook for South Asia: capital flows, deflation, and the persistence of poverty / Jayati Ghosh
97
9.
Outlook for East Asia: US dependency and deflation / Jorno Ks
104
10.
Outlook for Europe: the neoliberal stranglehold on growth / Janet Bush
108
11.
Outlook for Africa: debt, AIDS, and the feminization of poverty / Zo Randriamaro
116
12.
Globalization and its inconsistencies / Herman E. Daly
127
13.
Primitive accumulation revisited / Gita Sen
130
14.
well-being of nations / Nic Marks
133
15.
Poverty and income distribution: what is the evidence? / Robert Hunter Wade
138
China and India; statistical sleights of hand / Robert Hunter Wade
143
16.
Globalization: economic stagnation and divergence / Alan Freeman
152
17.
Debt and delusion / Peter Warburton
165
18.
dollar bill: who picks up the tab? / Michael Hudson
174
19.
US economy: a changing strategic predicament / Wynne Godley
178
20.
Why financial markets misbehave / Dani Rodrik
188
21.
Globalizing money: dollarization in Latin America / Franklin Serrano
192
22.
Localizing money: alternative currencies / David Boyle
196
23.
Financial architecture in the 20th century / Ann Pettifor
199
24.
Financial architecture in the 21st century? / Jane D'Arista
202
25.
Framework for economic justice and sustainability / Ann Pettifor Romilly Greenhill
211
Glossary
219