Peter:
Have you looked at the Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson
and John Cavanagh? It might be too colloquial in its approach, but it is
probably worth getting an exam copy. (The New Press, thenewpress.com).
Joel Blau
Peter Dorman wrote:
> Well, campers, my teaching team has started planning for the winter, and
> I'm wondering if any of you can recommend a good book on the global
> economy. The ideal book would:
>
> discuss the origin, management, and consequences of third world debt,
>
> the politics and economics of structural adjustment,
>
> liberalization of capital flows and instability in foreign exchange
> markets,
>
> debates within, between, and against the international financial
> institutions,
>
> the east Asian financial crisis,
>
> and the upsurge in global inequality.
>
> It would also:
>
> put all of this within a political context, and
>
> be readable by students with the equivalent of intro micro, intro macro,
> and political economy.
>
> It isn't necessary to have a book that "theorizes" all of this in some
> novel way or pushes a particular interpretation. The most important
> thing is to convey the facts of recent history, the political and
> institutional context, and the types of arguments different people are
> making. (Yes, I know, some degree of theoretical commitment is
> necessary to do these things, but I'm more interested in the planets
> than the telescope right now...)
>
> Peter
