Restructuring the World Economy
Author | : Joyce Kolko |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105038389065 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An analytical account of the current crisis of global capitalism. Kolko examines what the global capitalist system means today--for the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, for the less developed nations, and for the centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe, Russia, and China. The author's analysis moves from changes in banking and the service sector to the new technology industries; the dilemmas of world debt, efforts to restructure world trade, and the nature of monetary relations. Kolko describes the various strategies to restructure the global economy and maintains that reform on a national scale cannot begin to cope with the crisis. She shows how and why the diverse efforts to restructure the global order reflect the character of the current crisis. ISBN 0-394-55920-7: $24.95.