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American liberals have an honorable record as optimistic, far-sighted designers of the modern global economy. The liberal internationalism of the 1940s has lasting power because it organizes complex trade, military, and financial policies around simple values and coherent theories of economics and foreign affairs. Liberals should take pride in this achievement, draw inspiration from it, and build upon it as they think about how to make the modern world a better place when they return to power. <p>When anti-globalization protestors take to the streets, America's liberals cheer them on. For them, globalization helps only large corporations, exploits cheap labor, and rewards lax environmental standards. Tapping into a powerful fear among workers, American liberals have declared free trade and open markets dangerous to America, and are calling for retreat.</p> <p>Yet in this provocative new book, Gresser shows how his fellow liberals who look to put the brakes on globalization have unwittingly turned their backs on the poor, and have abandoned a tradition heralded by Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Clinton. Instead, they have adopted a view in step with a conservative tradition reaching back t

Author

Gresser, Edward.

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933368627

Subjects

Economics, Political Science, Business