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Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the changes needed to prevent another global economic collapse. Mica Panic List of Tables Preface: Predatory v. Cooperative Globalization Acknowledgements PART I: THE CORPORATE QUEST FOR GLOBAL FREEDOM AND DOMINANCE Globalization in the Age of Transnationals: the Claims and the Reality PART II: NATURE OF THE COLLECTIVE ACTION AND SOCIAL WELLBEING Organisation of Economic Activity at Different Levels of Development The Origin of Economic ‘Miracles’: the Role of the State Neoliberalism v. Social Democracy: Empirical Evidence Transnationals, Trade ‘Liberalisation’ and National Sovereignty PART III: GLOBAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE, INEQUALITIES AND CONFLICTS A New ‘Bretton Woods’ System? Why Financial Regulation is Essential (Appendix: The 2008-09 Global Financial Crisis) Future of the European Union: the Euro and the Welfare State Post-Conflict Reconstruction: External Assistance and Lasting Peace Bibliography Index
