Globalization and the Poor

This book represents a new viewpoint of economic globalization. Until now, the debate has been polarized between those attacking globalization (such as the demonstrators at the WTO meetings), and its defenders (mostly in the U.S. business community). Jay Mandle argues that opponents fail to understand that broadly-based benefits for the poor are latent in the economic globalization process. Simultaneously, defenders have insufficiently acknowledged that it creates innocent victims who should be the object of ameliorative policies. Mandle describes effective policies to be adopted at the national and international levels to make globalization fair.

This book represents a new viewpoint in the discussion of economic globalization. To date, the debate has been polarized between those attacking globalization, such as the demonstraters at the WTO meeting, and its defenders, mostly resident in the US business community. The author argues that opponents fail to see that broadly-based benefits for the poor are latent in the process. Defenders have insufficiently acknowledged that globalization creates innocent victims who should be the object of ameliorative policies. The author describes the policies that should be adopted -- both at the national and international levels -- to make globalization fair.