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On Globalization | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Public Affairs
Category: EBooks
List Price: $12.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 4645
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: New Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Dewey Decimal Number: 909
ASIN: B0019FPCVW
Publication Date: February 15, 2002
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Product Description
Over the past decade, "globalization" has become a buzzword for everything that is happening in the world economy or even in international relations generally. But as even a cursory glance at recent headlines reveals, not everyone is happy with globalization. Violent protests are now a regular feature of international summit meetings, and many young people have expressed their strong opposition to policies that they see as enriching the rich at the expense of workers, the environment, and traditional culture.
As the world economy has transformed in the 1990s and early 2000s, no individual has grappled with the social and political implications of globalization more than George Soros. George Soros on Globalization seeks to assess not merely how well the world's financial institutions have fulfilled their larger mission of helping the entire world strive for prosperity, but also to point the way toward fixing the problems that have emerged in the globalization regime as a whole. Unlike other proponents of globalization, Soros does not dismiss the criticisms of the protesters; indeed, he welcomes them and acknowledges that in many ways the protesters have a clearer view of the issues at stake than the bankers and bureaucrats do. We ignore the protesters' message, Soros warns, at our peril.
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 Globalization September 12, 2008
I bought this book in 2003 and reading it again. The book is still relevant and contains insights about how the world works and gives suggestions on how to ride with the turbulent tide. I may have read it fast before and forgot all about it. I found it again after going through my collection of books looking for materials for my essay practice. I also found the reviews very helpful. The book and the reviews gave me more ideas on how to answer the TOEFL essay prompt on improving the community. I initially wrote literacy in line with the Federal government's No Child Left Behind policy. Focusing on education, I found more support and stronger arguments from this book and its reviews. Here is my essay exercise for your reference (http://www.scribd.com/doc/5890688/Improve-Your-Community).
 a bit portentous September 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mr. Soros certainly deserves our consideration at least as a currency trader, but his prescription for world economics is tainted with a naive, Utopian world view. Like Marxists, his ideas sound wonderful and longingly cooperative, but the real-world will not cooperate nor will governments and corporations play along unless their self-interests are met first.
Interesting discourse... April 27, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a very interesting book by George Soros. It is a very easy read, and I think it accurately represents the some international financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank, and presents decent proposals for the future management of international finance.
I totally agree that some of the IMF's policies were more like dogmatic free-market fundamentalism rather than sound economics in the past. But i guess it is worth noting that this is part of the reason why no country has ever defaulted on the world bank and IMF: they secure their investments. However, the IMF's actions in Latin America in the 1980s, and most recently with the East Asian Financial Crisis in 1997, were less than accomodating, and could be blamed for further plunging the countries into deeper recession. Whether it was the IMF's "free market fundamentalism", fear of financial loss or simply teaching a lesson to prevent "moral hazard", I think the institution has lost a lot of credibility.
Regardless, its great to have some intelligent discourse on Globalization and international policy, rather than the typical right-wing and left-wing bickering that everyone finds so annoying. Read this book if you are interested in global finance or macroeconomics.
Soros on Globalization August 3, 2004
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Useful insight to and some productive critique of globalization and how it shapes today's world.
 Written by a convicted criminal & inside trader May 21, 2004
9 out of 57 found this review helpful
Soros was convicted of inside trading at the end of 2002. He broke the law by trading using inside information in the takeover of Societe Generale.I guess with globalization, wealthy people will get wealthier so they can cheat, lie, trade on inside information and then try to manipulate the elections of the United States and countries in Eastern Europe. From a new site detailing Mr. Soros crime: "Mr Soros and three other defendants, the court found, bought Societe Generale stock when it was cheap, and cashed in their investment when the price rose after the bid became public. Two other businessmen implicated in the scandal - Edmond Safra and Robert Maxwell - have since died." Robert Maxwell killed himself after cheating British workers out of their pensions and engaging in a huge fraud to cheat investors. Safra was also a dubious character. Soros is known by the company he keeps. Avoid this book. There are better books written by reformed criminals. It is a shame Enron blew up because he would have made a good CEO there.
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