Globalization is inevitable
but it's also magnifying the gulf between the rich and poor. New extremes of wealth
and deprivation are increasingly threatening the stability of the entire global system.
The Globalization Gap reveals how globalization is spreading poverty, disease, and the
disintegration of traditional cultures. A few "winners" are using their wealth
to buffer themselves against these radical transformations. But, in most places, the new
wealth generated by globalization is not trickling down. The result? More misery and
political upheavals that will endanger us all.
Isaak argues that it doesn't
have to be this way, and that the promised benefits of globalization can be gained without
the withering unfairness. Isaak presents a realistic blueprint for sharing opportunity and
creating sustainable innovation everywhere, showing how a new globalization can give the
poor a powerful stake. The Globalization Gap takes on the most crucial challenge of the
21st century: making globalization work for everyone.
Features
- Other titles in this
field explain what globalization is and its problems but lack solutions for
solving them. Isaak explains, recognizes problems and presents a plan.
- In our current political
climate Globalization is the hottest of topics.
- Wide market appeal, for
everyone concerned with issues of global wealth, poverty, and geopolitical instability, as
well as: global business decision-makers; public policy makers; members of
non-governmental organizations (NGOs); private investors; investment professionals.
Table
of Contents
Preface.
Introduction .
1. The Revolt of the Rich.
2. Time Versus Opportunity.
I. THE RICH: WHO THEY ARE,
HOW THEY WORK, AND WHY THEY SPEED THINGS UP.
3. Who the Rich Are
and How They Live.
4. Pyramids of
Opportunity.
5. Corporate Wealth
and Hedging .
6. The Global Speed
Trap: Diversifying to Ward off Losses and Old Age.
II. THE POOR: WHO THEY ARE,
HOW THEY LIVE, AND WHY THEY ARE DEPENDENT.
7. Why the Poor Are
Where They Are.
8. A Passage Through
India.
9. Poverty Traps.
III. THE RULES.
10. Origins of the Rules.
11. How the Rules Rule the
Poor.
IV. CRISES AND SOLUTIONS.
12. Global Crises We Will
All Face.
13. A Blueprint for Sharing
Opportunity.
About
Author
Robert A. Isaak, is
Professor of International Management at New York's Pace University. His books
include Green Logic and Managing World Economic Change. He has consulted for global
enterprises including Siemens, Technicon, and Prudential Intercultural
267 pages