Reclaiming the Future : : New Zealand and the Global Economy / / Elizabeth Jane Kelsey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kelsey, Elizabeth Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

The vision of a global future spread through the world like wildfire in the last decade - exhilarating for some, alarming for others, apparently inexorable for all. As free-market advocates would have it, "there is no alternative?"Reclaiming the Future" tells a different story - that globalization is not inevitable, invincible or intrinsically good. The deregulated global economy has proved highly unstable. The pursuit of unending growth is unsustainable, and the social damage that free markets cause is provoking an international backlash.Jane Kelsey explores the impact of globalization on the New Zealand economy. Her account of foreign investment and free trade policies, the role of the transnationals, and the challenges posed by global agreements and networks will open the eyes of readers. Reclaiming the Future opens wide the debate New Zealanders are seeking for the direction of their country in the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to Second Edition -- Preface to First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Putting Globalisation in Perspective -- 2. Putting Globalisation in Perspective -- 3. Leading the World -- 4. 'Free' Investment -- 5. Transnational Enterprise -- 6. Tree' Trade -- 7. The World Trade Organisation -- 8. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation -- 9. The Multilateral Agreement on Investment -- 10. Reclaiming the Future -- Appendix: Figures 1-6 -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index