A former banker and staff member of the International Monetary Fund, Louis W. Pauly explains why people are deeply concerned about the emergence of a global economy and the increasingly integrated capital markets at its heart. The evolution of global capital markets inspires an understandable fear among people that the governing authorities ...
Critics and defenders of multinational corporations often agree on at least one thing: that the activities of multinationals are creating an overwhelmingly powerful global market that is quickly rendering national borders obsolete. The authors of this book, however, argue that such expectations commonly rest on a myth. They examine key activities ...
"Opening Financial Markets is a model of extensive research and elegant exposition. It is a meticulous study of an increasingly important development in financial markets that will inform, guide, and please the lawyer, economist, banker, or policymaker."-Joseph Gold, Senior Consultant, International Monetary Fund "This well-reasoned comparative ...
The way humanity governs itself is today changing very rapidly. Profound transformations in structures of political authority are underway in Europe, North America, and beyond. Nation-states remain central, but they cannot address the most pressing problems facing their own citizens without moving away from traditional understandings of ...
Despite myriad global forces influencing the lives of individuals, societies, and polities, people continue to value their personal and communal independence. They insist on shaping the conditions of their existence to the fullest extent possible. This path-breaking book examines the institutions and organizations that mediate today's increasingly ...
This insightful book provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the widening gap between democracy-in-principle and governance-in-practice as economic globalization transforms our world. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the ...
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