1. Introduction -- 2. The Virtues of Openness -- 3. Openness and Jobs -- 4. Openness and Wages -- 5. Fairness and Level Playing Fields -- 6. Openness, Sovereignty, and Standards -- 7. Addressing Dislocation and Inequality
Summary
Recently a growing chorus of complaint has been raised against globalization. It is widely blamed for destroying U.S. jobs and reducing American wages. The authors of this book speak directly to these concerns. They demonstrate with straightforward prose and simple illustrations why the globaphobes are wrong. Globalization has not reduced the availability of jobs. Nor has it reduced the average wage. It has played only a small part in the deteriorating situation of America's least skilled workers. A challenge for Americans is to understand globalization and the benefits it brings. Equally important is the challenge of improving public policies aimed at reducing the very real pain of those Americans hurt by closer world economic integration. Globaphobia outlines a humane and practical program for advancing this goal
Analysis
Competition
Free trade
Globalisation
Income distribution
Job creation
Overseas item
Sovereignty
Statistics
Unemployment
United States
Wages
Notes
"The Progressive Policy Institute [and] the Twentieth Century Fund."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index
