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With a new afterword reprint by jagdish bhagwati isbn. An outstandingly effective book until further notice in defense of globalization becomes the standard generalinterest reference, the intelligent laymans handbook, on global economic integration. Globalization leads not to cultural white bread but to a spicy hybrid of cultures. Featuring a new afterword by the author, in which he counters recent writings by prominent journalists and economists. The economist once again, columbia university economist jagdish bhagwati has weighed into the increasingly partisan and ideological debate over trade, offshore outsourcing and globalization. In defense of globalization by jagdish bhagwati, 2004. In defense of globalization paperback jagdish bhagwati oxford. He explains how globalization is good for womens rights, good at reducing child labor, good for the environment. A version of this article appears in print on april 18, 2004, section 7. In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. In defense of globalization with a new afterword jagdish bhagwati. Published october 27th 2005 by oxford university press, usa first published march 1st 2004.

And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with globalizationwe cant seem to appreciate the good things that it brings. The riottorn meeting of the world trade organization in seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labour to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization, and a host of other ills afflicting poorer nations. In defense of globalization council on foreign relations. With the wit and wisdom for which he is renowned, bhagwati convincingly shows that globalization is part of the solution, not part of the problem. Jagdish bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, explains how globalization is the most powerful force for social good in the world today. In defense of globalization jagdish bhagwati oxford.