Books like Global political economy by Robert O'Brien

Explores the origins and evolution of finance, revealing its role in human progress and economic history.

Thomas L. Friedman’s Pulitzer‑winning New York Times columnist explores how globalization, the integration of capital, technology, and information, reshapes world affairs, creating a single global market while sparking cultural backlash.

Narrator: James Patrick Cronin

David Korten argues that modern corporate power threatens human and environmental well‑being, urging a shift to community‑based, localized economics for sustainable development.

An analytical study of how cities shape and are shaped by economic forces, their powers and limits, and the complex relationship with national governments.

David S. Landes explores the historical forces that have shaped global wealth and poverty, arguing that open societies driven by work and knowledge, especially through invention, have led to economic and military success.

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"This book is an introduction to International Relations that uses examples from International Political Economy (IPE). It presents the theories and paradigms of International Relations in the context of issues of trade, investment, and monetary relations. Largely it does so by developing historical cases of pivotal events in the evolution of the IPE to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of these theories. This focus on the substantive material of the IPE allows a shift beyond traditional debates to include newer paradigms such as Constructivism and Institutionalism. The result is a book that not only reveals and explains prominent arguments and debates, but also provides grounding in the history and structure of the IPE."--BOOK JACKET.

Pietra Rivoli traces a single T‑shirt as it travels through the global supply chain, revealing the complex economics behind everyday clothing and the forces shaping international trade.

"This new introduction to the study of international political economy focuses on three major themes in the post-Cold War period - globalization, North-North relations, and North-South relations - to tie the text narrative and concepts together for students. Global Political Economy not only provides an in-depth look at major theoretical approaches but also is the only text available that applies these theoretical perspectives to issue areas. The text examines issues from an historical perspective, focusing on the idea that we can only understand the broader implications of issues by exploring them in a theoretical and historical context."--BOOK JACKET.

A historical overview that tracks the growth of international trade from ancient Mesopotamia to the modern global marketplace, noting how commerce has shaped agriculture, technology, politics, and civilization.

"Even before September 11, 2001, it was clear that not everyone was happy with globalization: violent protests have become a regular feature of international summit meetings, and many young people have expressed their strong opposition to policies that they see as enriching the rich at the expense of workers, the environment, and traditional culture.". "In this book, Soros not only identifies the problems but also puts forward practical proposals to make the system work better. In a thoughtful analysis of our existing international financial and trade institutions, Soros shows that while they aid wealth creation they fall short in providing other public goods. Soros deplores an unwitting coalition between market fundamentalists on the far Right and antiglobalization activists on the far Left bent on destroying the international institutions we have and calls for a different coalition that would work to reform and strengthen those intitutions. The missing element, the centerpiece of the new architecture, is the use of Special Drawing Rights for the provision of development assistance and public goods on a global scale."--BOOK JACKET.