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Title: George Soros on Globalization by George Soros ISBN: 1-58648-125-8 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ideas of an incentives-based system
Comment: Globalization developments of international institutions have not kept pace with the development of global financial markets and political structure. In Globalization, George Soros maintains markets are amoral but still require distinctions between right and wrong: his insights on the operations of the World Trade Organization and ideas of an incentives-based system for the provision of public goods will intrigue college-level students of social and political history.
Rating: 5
Summary: George Soros on Globalization
Comment: A millionaire financier, international philanthropist, and critic of the global capitalistic system, Soros has written several books on the benefits and costs of so-called globalization. In this new volume he extends his views on the need for safety nets in developing countries and public goods production (e.g., education and environmental protection) and discusses the greater likelihood for financial crises due to the greater freedom now available for volatile international finance flows. Inequities of globalization have generated, on the one hand, protests against international organizations (especially the International Monetary Fund and World Bank); on the other hand, these bodies are criticized by market fundamentalists opposed to interference with the efficiencies of free markets. Soros notes that protesters overlook such causes of poverty as armed conflict, oppressive and corrupt regimes, and weak governance; and while free markets are good at generating wealth, poverty alleviation is not always inevitable. To assist poor countries, Soros proposes that rich countries issue SDRs (an international reserve asset) to the IMF, contributed according to an income-based quota system; an independent board would be appointed to supervise assistance operations. Written in generally clear, nontechnical language, this book deserves attention by students and practitioners of foreign economic affairs. General readers; upper-division undergraduate students and up; and professionals.
Rating: 4
Summary: Some interesting ideas
Comment: Well, I read a book on Globalization by George Soros. That was interesting in that he is a world financier who believes that the current system is unjust and that institutions need to be strengthened. He had some suggestions that I found interesting, the ones that I understood at least. George seems a little full of himself at times, recounting his own activities that seemed a little self-gratifying, which probably comes from being so influential and powerful as a leading world hedge fund manager. But his humble beginnings, his deep concern for justice and fairness in the world economic order, and his commitment to effecting some kind of positive change in the world are extremely admirable, and I am very impressed by him.
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Title: The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power by George Soros ISBN: 1586482173 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered by George Soros ISBN: 1891620274 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 02 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros, Paul A. Volcker ISBN: 0471445495 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 25 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz ISBN: 0393324397 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve by George Soros ISBN: 0471119776 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 04 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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