Capitalism's Last Stand? : Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity /: Deglobalization in the Age of Austerity. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walden Bello.
• Other Names: Bello, Walden F
• Contents: About the Author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction . Globalization's Debacle: Crisis and Opportunity; Part I: The Destructive Dynamics of Finance Capital; Chapter 1 . Why and How Finance Became Dominant; A primer on Wall Street meltdown; Recovery recedes, convulsion looms; Chapter 2 . The US: Cutting Edge of Crisis; Capitalism in an apocalyptic mood; The political consequences of stagnation; Lessons of the Obama debacle; Chapter 3 . Europe's Tragic Spiral; The Celtic Tiger follows the Asian Tigers to extinction; Greece: same tragedy, different scripts. Germany's Social Democrats and the European crisisChapter 4 . Invulnerable Asia?; Chain-gang economics; China lassoes its neighbors; Will China save the world from depression?; Part II: Globalization in Crisis; Chapter 5 . The Real Economy of the Global Economy; Capital is a fickle lover; The Apple connection; Labor trafficking: modern-day slave trade; Destroying African agriculture; Chapter 6 . Capitalism and the Environment; Climate and capitalism in Copenhagen; Can capitalism survive climate change?; Breaking the climate stalemate; Seven billion ... and rising. Chapter 7 . The End of Multilateralism?The crisis of multilateralism; The Dracula round; U20: will the global economy resurface?; Part III: Competing Alternatives; Chapter 8 .Keynesianism in the Breach; Keynes: a man for this season?; The coming capitalist consensus; Chapter 9 . Resistance and Transformation; Elites vs greens in the global South; Defy the creditors and get away with it; The Arab revolutions and the democratic imagination; The World Social Forum at the crossroads; Conclusion . Deglobalization: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?; Index.
• Publisher Details: S, l. : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.9051; Globalization -- Economic aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Kapitalism; Globalisering -- ekonomiska aspekter; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299640184; 9781299640184; 9781780320472; 1780320477; 9781780320489; 1780320485; 9781780320458; 1780320450
• Related ISBNs: 9781780320465; 1780320469
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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