From global to local : the making of things and the end of globalization

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Label

From global to local : the making of things and the end of globalization

Title remainder

the making of things and the end of globalization

Statement of responsibility

Finbarr Livesey

Creator

• Livesey, Finbarr

Author

• Livesey, Finbarr

Subject

• Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
• Economic development
• Corporations
• International economic relations
• International cooperation

Language

eng

Summary

"This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments the world over to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed and, if left unexamined, will lead corporations and countries astray, with dire consequences for us all. For the past fifty years or so, the global economy has been run on three big assumptions: that globalization will continue to spread; that trade is the engine of growth and development; and that economic power is moving from the West to the East. More recently, it has also been taken as a given that our interconnectedness--both physical and digital--will increase without limit. But what if all these assumptions are wrong? What if everything is about to change? Indeed, what if it has already started to change but we just haven't noticed? Increased automation, the advent of additive manufacturing (3D printing, for example), changes in shipping and environmental pressures, among other factors, are coming together to create a fast-changing global economic landscape in which the rules are being rewritten--at once a challenge and an opportunity for companies and countries"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

337

Index

index present

LC call number

HF1365

LC item number

.L58 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography