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1、InDefenseofGlobalizationGlobalizationhasbeenblamedforeverythingfromchildlabortoenvironmentaldegradation,culturalhomogenization,andahostofotherillsaffectingrichandpoornationsalike.Notadaygoesbywithoutimpassionedauthorsandactivists,whetheranti-orpro-globalization,puttingtheiroarsintotheseagitate
2、dwaters.Whenallissaid,however,welackaclear,coherentandcomprehensivesenseofhowglobalizationworks,andhowitmightbemadetoworkbetter.EnterJagdishBhagwati,theinternationallyrenownedeconomist,knownequallyfortheclarityofhisargumentsandthesharpnessofhispen.Inthisbook,Bhagwatitakesonglobalization'scriti
3、cs,usingsoundeconomicprinciplesandvividexamplesratherthaninflamedrhetoric,toshowthatglobalizationisinfactthemostpowerfulforceforsocialgoodintheworldtoday.Bhagwatiexplainswhythe'Gotcha'examplesareoftennotastheyseem—thatinfactglobalizationoftenalleviatesmanyoftheproblemsforwhichithasbeenblamed.B
4、hagwaticarefullyexplainsthefallaciesthatunderliemanyofthecritics'arguments,suggestingthatthereisagoodreasonwhymostglobalizationprotesterscomefromrichratherthanpoorcountries.Exploringglobalization's'humanface'ingreatdetail,Bhagwatidemonstratesitsbeneficialeffectsonapanoplyofsocialissuesincludin
5、gpoverty,childlabor,women'srights,democracy,wageandlaborstandards,andtheenvironment.Heconcludesthatbyfocusingsomuchonglobalization'spurportedevils,wearemissingtheopportunitytofocusonacceleratingitsachievementswhilecopingwithitsdownsides.Cont'donbackflapCont'dfromfrontflapOftencontroversialanda
6、lwayscompelling,JagdishBhagwatihereprovidesatlastabookthatcutsthroughthenoiseonthismostcontentiousissue,showingthatglobalizationispartofthesolution,notpartoftheproblem.Anyonewhowantstounderstandwhat'satstakeintheglobalizationwarswillwanttoreadInDefenseofGlobalisation.JAGDISHBHAGWATIisUniversit
7、yProfessoratColumbiaUniversityandAndreMeyerSeniorFellowinInternationalEconomicsattheCouncilonForeignRelations.AformerSpecialAdvisertotheUnitedNationsonGlobalization,heisoneoftheworld'sforemostauthoritiesoninternationaltrade.Theauthorofm
