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Visions and revisions : the United States in the global economy

Author: Elliot Zupnick
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
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"This book examines the impact of "globalization" on the U.S. economy. Although temporarily muted by the "exceptional" state of the country's financial markets in recent years, a high level of employment, a low inflation rate, and extraordinary stock prices, the increased integration of the U.S. economy with that of the rest of the world has been controversial and a source of concern." "The conclusion that emerges  Read more...
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Zupnick, Elliot, 1923-
Visions and revisions.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999
(OCoLC)647068006
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Elliot Zupnick
ISBN: 0813335523 9780813335520
OCLC Number: 40575442
Description: xv, 280 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
Pt. 1. Free Trade: Theory and Reality. 2. The Gains from Trade and the Cost of Protection. 3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade --
Pt. 2. The Impact of Globalization on the U.S. Economy. 4. U.S. International Accounts, 1970-1996. 5. U.S. Trade. 6. U.S. Foreign Direct Investments Abroad. 7. Foreign Direct Investments in the United States --
Pt. 3. A New Beginning? 8. U.S. Trade Policies: From Multilateralism to Bilateralism to Aggressive Unilateralism. 9. The Uruguay Round and Beyond: A New Beginning? 10. International Trade and Labor and Environmental Standards. 11. Regional and Preferential Trade Agreements. 12. Conclusion: Is the Globalization Process in the Winter of Its Discontent?
Responsibility: Elliot Zupnick.
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This examination of the impact of globalization on the American economy looks at controversies such as the perceived lowering of environmental and labour welfare standards to combat the loss of  Read more...

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