The Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of GlobalizationThe global financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 has blasted livelihoods, inspired protests, and toppled governments. It has also highlighted the profound moral concerns long surrounding globalization. Did materialist excess, doctrinaire embrace of free trade and capital flows, and indifference to economic injustice contribute to the disaster of the last decade? Was it ethical to bail out banks and governments while innocent people suffered? In this blend of economics, moral philosophy, history, and politics, Steven R. Weisman argues that the concepts of liberty, justice, virtue, and loyalty help to explain the passionate disagreements spawned by a globally integrated economy. |
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Contents
Justice Justice Shalt Thou | |
Defining and Measuring Inequality | |
The Conflicts over Instilling Virtue | |
The Hazards of Moral Hazard | |
A Brief US History | |
Whos Afraid of Debt? Debt as a Public Policy Tool | |
The Conflicts over Loyalty | |
Grappling with the CommunitarianCosmopolitan Tradeoff | |
Jobs Communities | |
Who Governs? The Role of Liberal Internationalism | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Acknowledgments | |
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| Title | The Great Tradeoff: Confronting Moral Conflicts in the Era of Globalization Peterson Institute for International Economics |
| Author | Steven R. Weisman |
| Publisher | Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016 |
| ISBN | 0881326968, 9780881326963 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Econometrics Business & Economics / International / Economics Political Science / Globalization |
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