OPEN WORLD: THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBALISATION

Book ID/图书代码： 03540005B00866

English Summary/英文概要： Globalization is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. While protestors take to the streets at international summits, it is becoming conventional wisdom that companies are taking over the world, that governments’ ability to tax, spend and regulate is under threat from global competition, that globalization harms the poor and that democracy is at risk. The author of this text argues that this is not so. Aiming to demolish some of these myths, Legrain shows how, without globalization, the poor are never going to get richer. It is simply the only way, he argues, to give governments the means to combat poverty: money for schools, hospitals and welfare. Focusing on the history of world trade as well as topical issues such as the power of corporations, whether globalization is bad for poor countries, whether it threatens the environment and Americanizes indigenous cultures, Philippe Legrain shows why elected governments are still very much in control and why a more open world offers greater opportunity for everyone, rich and poor, to better their lives.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 全球化在世界上引起了广泛的争议。作者评估了赞成和反对两方面的意见，提出了自己的看法：全球化并非美国化，也不是大公司统治全世界；它并没有取消地区文化，也不会使各国政府靠边；它不会将世界引向贫穷，反而给世界提供了共同富裕的机会。

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About the Author/作者介绍： Philippe Legrain was previously special adviser to the director-general of the World Trade Organisation, Mike Moore. Before that he was trade and economics correspondent for The Economist. He has also written for the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal Europe, the Guardian, the Independent, Prospect, Foreign Policy, New Statesman, the Ecologist and other publications. He has a first-class honours degree in economics and a masters in politics of the world economy, both from the London School of Economics. Philippe is 28 and lives in London.
Philippe Legrain在伦敦经济学院获得经济学和政治学学位，当过“经济学家”杂志的记者，曾为“金融时报”，“华尔街杂志”，“外交政策”等许多报刊写文章。他担任过世界贸易组织总干事的特别顾问。

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