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Author Kapstein, Ethan B. author

Title Exporting capitalism private enterprise and US foreign policy Ethan B. Kapstein
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Exporting Capitalism -- 1 Private Enterprise, International Development, and the Cold War -- 2 Private Sector Development in the Shadow of War: Taiwan and Korea -- 3 Capitalism, Colonialism, or Communism? Private Enterprise in Latin America, 1950-1965 -- 4 "Storm over the Multinationals" Foreign Investment from Nixon to Reagan -- 5 Capitalism Triumphant: Private Enterprise and the New World Order -- 6 Exporting Capitalism to Fragile States -- 7 Dueling Capitalisms? Private Enterprise and the China Challenge -- 8 The Future of Private Sector Development -- Notes -- Index
Summary "The US government has long sought investment opportunities for US companies in developing countries. But the results have been mixed: firms have preferred to invest in the industrial world and developing-world leaders have not always welcomed foreign investment. Violence and the presence of natural resources have also hindered foreign development"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2022)
Subject Investments, American -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century
Investments, American -- Developing countries -- History -- 21st century
Capitalism -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century
Capitalism -- Developing countries -- History -- 21st century
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Capitalism
International economic relations
Investments, American
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Developing countries -- History -- 21st century
Subject Developing countries
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780674276284
0674276280
9780674276277
0674276272