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Odd couple : international trade and labor standards in history
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Title
Odd couple : international trade and labor standards in history / Michael Huberman.
ISBN
9780300158700 (alk. paper)
030015870X (alk. paper)
Published
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xii, 237 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Summary
"It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization."-- Publisher.
Variant and related titles
International trade and labor standards in history
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2012
Series
Yale series in economic and financial history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-230) and index.
Contents
The virtuous circle of trade and the labor compact
Challenge and response
Markets and states in Old and New Worlds
International labor standards : ideas or trade based?
Did the labor compact reduce inequality?
Did labor standards harm or benefit trade?
The labor compact in the long twentieth century
Vandervelde's gift.
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