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Title

The globalization gap : how the rich get richer and the poor get left further behind / Robert A. Isaak.

Author

Isaak, Robert A.

Publication

Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall/Financial Times, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xxiii, 275 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The globalization gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new wealth generated by globalization is not trickling down. The result? More misery - and political upheavals that will endanger us all." "Isaak presents a realistic blueprint for sharing opportunity and crating sustainable innovation everywhere - not just amongst the wealthy. In so doing, he takes on the most crucial challenge of the 21st century: making globalization work for everyone."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Financial Times Prentice Hall books

Uniform Title

Financial Times Prentice Hall books.

Subjects

• Poor
• Globalization > Economic aspects
• Rich people
• Globalization > Social aspects
• Wealth
• Poverty

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. The revolt of the rich -- Ch. 2. Time versus opportunity -- Ch. 3. Who the rich are and how they live -- Ch. 4. Pyramids of opportunity -- Ch. 5. Corporate wealth and hedging -- Ch. 6. The global speed trap : diversifying to ward off losses and old age -- Ch. 7. Why the poor are where they are -- Ch. 8. A passage through India -- Ch. 9. Poverty traps -- Ch. 10. Origins of the rules of globalization -- Ch. 11. How the rules rule the poor -- Ch. 12. Global crises we will all face -- Ch. 13. A blueprint for sharing opportunity.

ISBN

0131428969

LCCN

• 2004046505
• R1-456795

OCLC

• 54670215
• ocm54670215
• SCSB-5078293

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries