The international that have governed global trade since the end of World War II have lost their effectiveness.Global trade governace is fractured. The need for new institutions is obvious and, yet , few proposals seew to be on offer. The stubborn problem of the inequality gap between the developing nations and the nations of the first world remains a centerpiece of the international agenda. Cur…
This book is an attempt to set the record stratight, and not just about trade, as the title suggest, but about several areas in which economists could have offered a more balanced, principled discussion. The book brings together much of my recent popular and nontechnical work on globalization, growth, democracy, politics, and the discipline of economics itself. The material that follows has bee…
This analysis of how multi level networked governance has superseded the liberal system of interdependent states focuses on the role of law in mediating power and shows how lawyers have shaped the main features of capitalism, especially the transnational corporation. Its covers the main institutions regulating the world economy, including the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO and myriad other bodies…