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  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press; illustrated edition edition (14 May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0300102526
  • ISBN-13: 978-0300102529
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.5 x 7 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Four Cheers for Globalization, 13 Sep 2004
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This remarkable book should be read by all those who are interested in the future of the world and how the blessings enjoyed by rich nations could and should become general.

Martin Wolf explains how such progress depends on the spread of liberal capitalism and how this necessarily involves further globalization. He refutes with care and remarkable politeness the ill-considered arguments of his opponents.

The book's outstanding quality derives from the author's passionate goodwill for humanity and the controlled patience which he has brought to the rebuttal of arguments which are often exceedingly weak or even downright silly.

Being on the side of the angels is not enough to produce a great work but, as the author has the additional qualities of an incisive mind and elegant style, the result is a book which will increasingly be recognised as a classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant., 30 Mar 2005
This review is from: Why Globalization Works (Yale Nota Bene) (Paperback)
This book provides a powerful argument for governments to encourage rather than hinder the development of a liberal globalized economy. Martin Wolf's thesis is presented intelligently and clearly, and should be comprehensible to non-economists. There is none of the jargon and convoluted discourse, loved by both social scientists and economists, which prevents the reader from truely understanding what the author is saying and hence hiding any illogicality in the arguments.

My main fear was that there would be little in the way of new material for someone who has been an avid reader of Wolf's articles in the FT and who has read other authors on the subject. However, there is such a wealth of interesting detail and originality in the analysis that this book is a must read for everyone.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive work on globalisation, 29 Oct 2005
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Why is this book so good? Because it is so very readable. Wolf has taken a very large subject and broken it up into all the various sections that really need to be covered. He takes all the main arguments against globalisation and argues each case in turn. He explains the benefits in a clear and simple way, using interesting case materials. This book is well researched and can be used as reference material for a University course, but at the same time it is an easy read that can be consumed from cover to cover - not easy to achieve with a subject such as this. Wolf has written a classic.
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