| Description |
xv, 234 pages |
| Contents |
1. Challenges to capital -- 2. Austerity, privatization and deregulation -- 3. Finance and ownership -- 4. Globalization and international economic relations -- 5. Labour's retreats -- 6. Growth and stability -- 7. Welfare and income inequality |
| Summary |
"This accessible book provides a clear and concise history of the problems facing the economies of Europe, Japan and the United States during the latter half of the twentieth century. It questions whether the restoration of profitability and the re-assertion of market forces has really brought the levels of economic growth and prosperity that were hoped for. Andrew Glyn looks at the impact of the rapidly developing economies of China and the South on the more developed economies of the North. He asks: is a 'race to the bottom' inevitable as the anti-globalizers predict, with welfare states being dismantled to meet the demands of competitive advantage? Or is there an alternative economic and social model which can achieve more sustainable, equitable and fulfilling outcomes?"--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-225) and index |
| Subject |
Capitalism.
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Globalization.
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Income distribution.
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Public welfare.
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| LC no. |
2005028515 |
| ISBN |
0199291993 alkaline paper |
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