The Creation And Destruction Of Value "The Globalization Cycle"

The Globalization Cycle

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ISBN:9780674035843
Editorial: Harvard University Press
Fecha de la edición:2009
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Nº Pág.:336
Idiomas:Ingles,Inglés

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/ Historia Económica

Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization - above all in the Great Depression - to show how financial crises provoke backlashes against global integration: against the mobility of capital or goods, but also against flows of migration. By a parallel examination of the financial panics of 1929 and 1931 as well as that of 2008, he shows how banking and monetary collapses suddenly and radically alter the rules of engagement for every other type of economic activity. Increased calls for state action in countercyclical fiscal policy bring demands for trade protection. In the open economy of the twenty-first century, such calls are only viable in very large states - probably only in the United States and China. By contrast, in smaller countries demand trickles out of the national container, creating jobs in other countries. The international community is thus paralyzed, and international institutions are challenged by conflicts of interest. The book shows the looming psychological and material consequences of an interconnected world for people and the institutions they create.

The end of globalization : a millennial perspective 10
2 Which historical analogy applies, 1929 or 1931? 36
3 The crash of 2008 : the weekends that made history 98
4 The extent and limit of the financial revolution 144
5 The importance of power politics 174
6 Uncertainty of values 231
Notes 281