Globalization: A Threat to International Cooperation and Peace? (eBook)

MICA PANI? is Fellow of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, and was formerly Visiting Professor of International Economics at the University of Milan. His non-academic appointments have included posts in the UK Government Economic Service (Chief Economist at the National Economic Development Office), the Bank of England (Head of External Policy Division), the University of Cambridge (Bursar of Selwyn College) and the United Nations (Vice Chairman of the Committee for Development Policy, Consultant on the Economies in Transition and on Economic Reconstruction of Post-Conflict Countries), as well as a year with Ford Motor Co. His publications include books and many articles on various aspects of international and development economics, economic policy and industrial economics.

List of Tables Preface: Predatory v. Cooperative Globalization Acknowledgements PART I: THE CORPORATE QUEST FOR GLOBAL FREEDOM AND DOMINANCE Globalization in the Age of Transnationals: the Claims and the Reality PART II: NATURE OF THE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND SOCIAL WELLBEING Organisation of Economic Activity at Different Levels of Development The Origin of Economic 'Miracles': the Role of the State  Neoliberalism v. Social Democracy: Empirical Evidence Transnationals, Trade 'Liberalisation' and National Sovereignty PART III: GLOBAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE, INEQUALITIES AND CONFLICTS A New 'Bretton Woods' System? Why Financial Regulation is Essential (Appendix: The 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis) Future of the European Union: the Euro and the Welfare State Post-Conflict Reconstruction: External Assistance and Lasting Peace Bibliography Index