The world economy / Noël Merino, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What caused the global financial crisis? Overview : the global financial crisis / International Monetary Fund ; Financial deregulation caused the financial crisis / Essential Information and Consumer Education Foundation ; Government policy, not lack of regulation, caused the financial crisis / Peter J. Wallison ; Increasing global income inequality caused the global financial crisis / Branko Milanovic ; Trade agreements pushing deregulation caused the financial crisis / Lori Wallach -- What should be done about the global financial crisis? Overview : addressing the global financial crisis / World Economic Reform ; Temporary nationalization of banks is necessary / Matthew Rothschild ; Banks should not be nationalized / Deroy Murdock ; A global policy response is necessary to address the global financial crisis / C. Fred Bergsten ; The United States must lead the way in restoring the global economic system / Martin Wolf ; The International Monetary Fund must play a central role in ending the financial crisis / George Soros ; The International Monetary Fund cannot end the financial crisis / Desmond Lachman -- Is globalization of the world economy good for the world? Overview : globalization of the economy / Joseph Campbell ; Globalization raises everyone's standard of living / Gennady Stolyarov II ; Globalization is good for the poor of the world / Rich Lowry ; A small minority of people in the world benefit from globalization / Rainer Falk ; Globalization threatens democracy and promotes economic polarization / Roger Bybee -- Is globalization of the world economy good for the United States? Overview : perceptions of globalization in the United States / Cletus C. Coughlin ; Americans have benefited from globalization as workers and consumers / Daniella Markheim ; Decreased barriers to free trade are not bad for U.S. workers / Daniel Griswold ; Evidence shows globalization is good for the United States / William H. Overholt ; The majority of Americans are worse off from current globalization / Jeff Faux ; Working Americans have suffered from the effects of globalization / Stephen Lendman.

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