Odd couple : international trade and labor standards in history / / Michael Huberman

• Autore: Huberman Michael
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.02/12
• Soggetto topico: International trade; Labor laws and legislation; Labor laws and legislation, International
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The Virtuous Circle of Trade and the Labor Compact -- 2. Challenge and Response -- 3. Markets and States in Old and New Worlds -- 4. International Labor Standards: Ideas or Trade Based? -- 5. Did the Labor Compact Reduce In e qual ity? -- 6. Did Labor Standards Harm or Benefi t Trade? -- 7. The Labor Compact in the Long Twentieth Century -- 8. Vandervelde's Gift -- APPENDIX -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Odd couple
• ISBN: 1-280-57165-9; 9786613601254; 0-300-15876-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818939003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Yale series in economic and financial history.