| Description |
xiv, 290 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
An Intemperate Introduction -- 1. Globalization - What it is and the Damage it Does -- 2. History and WTO Enforcing of Comparative Advantage -- 3. Theory and Attempted Enforcement of Capital Advantage -- 4. From Globalization to Localization - A Potential Rallying Call -- 5. Localization - Increasing Community Renewal -- 6. 'Protect the Local, Globally' - A Route to Localization -- 7. Localizing Production and Dismantling Transnational Companies -- 8. Localizing Capital -- 9. A Localist Competition Policy -- 10. Taxes for Localization -- 11. Democratic Localism -- 12. Trade and Aid for Localization -- 13. Growing Opposition -- 14. Globalization - Destroying Jobs, Increasing Deflation -- 15. A Localist Wake-up Call to Political Activists -- 16. Failure to Adequately Champion Globalization - Social Services, Unions and Culture -- 17. Localizing International Development -- 18. Localizing Food Security -- 19. The WTO and the Environment -- A Controversial Conclusion - Localization Will Bale Out the Market -- App. I. Answers to Some Criticisms of the Protect the Local, Globally Form of Localization -- App. II. 'Making' Money to Fund Employment, a Citizen's Income and the Shift to Localization -- A Global Manifesto |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World Trade Organization.
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International Monetary Fund.
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International economic relations.
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Nation-state.
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Competition, International.
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Free trade -- Environmental aspects.
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Free trade -- Social aspects.
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Globalization.
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| LC no. |
00456253 |
| ISBN |
1853836125 paperback |
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