San Antonio College Library

"Economic globalization is multifaceted. In this book, Dilip K. Das covers the principal normative and positive strands that one needs to be properly familiar with in this area. The principal foci of the book are the economic, trade and financial dimensions of globalization. Therefore, the book delves into issues such as exchange rate regimes, monetary-policy fiscal revenue, migration, the labour market, competition and income convergence. The focus...

"David Smick keeps a low profile, but experts consider him one of the most insightful financial market strategists in the world. For more than two decades, he has conferred with central bankers (such as Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke) and advised top Wall Street executives and investors, from George Soros to Michael Steinhardt to Stan Druckenmiller. Political leaders (from Bill Bradley to Jack Kemp) have regularly sought his policy advice. The World...

"Placing Latin America takes a thematic approach to the study of the diverse human geographies of Latin America. The book includes a discussion of the current problems of border and migration between the United States, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America, as well as chapters on themes not typically found in other textbooks on the region, such as geographic understandings of the drug trade, tourism landscapes, and even Latin American cinema."--BOOK...

Globalization and Free Trade, Second Edition provides an overview of the history of globalization and how it has evolved into its present state. This useful guide expresses the opinions by proponents and detractors of the issue, and case studies of the United States, East Asia, China, Cochabamba, and Iceland are presented to provide real-world context. --from publisher description.

Globalization is not flattening the world; in fact, place is increasingly relevant to the global economy and our individual lives. Who's Your City? offers the first available city rankings by life-stage, rating the best places for singles, families, and empty-nesters to reside.--From amazon.com.

"The emergence of globalization was neither accidental nor inevitable. To make the "free flow" of commodities, capital, and money possible, governments first had to introduce a new political infrastructure. In Remaking U.S. Trade Policy, Nitsan Chorev focuses on trade liberalization in the United States from the 19305 to the present as she explores the political origins of today's global economy."--Jacket.

James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of glo balization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization--above all in the Grea t Depression--to show how financial crises provoke backlashes agains t global integration.

"In India Arriving, Rafiq Dossani gives us a unique and unflinching look at the people, history, and culture of an often romanticized but often misunderstood country. Chronicling this enigmatic country from its birth as an independent nation in 1947 to its emergence as the next global superpower, India Arriving shows us the real India, with all of its flaws and all of its beauty."--Jacket.

India's remarkable economic growth in recent years has made it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Its rapid growth, however, has been accompanied by widening regional disparities, poverty, malnutrition, and socio-political instability. Understanding India's dualistic development process and the emergence of the Indian economic miracle are crucial in solving the obstacles India faces in transforming itself into a modern 21st-century...

Discusses how democracy and national self-determination cannot be pursued simultaneously with economic globalization and instead promotes customizable globalization with international rules to achieve balanced prosperity. From the mercantile monopolies of seventeenth-century empires to the modern-day authority of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, the nations of the world have struggled to effectively harness globalization's promise. The economic narratives...