title: Globalization and Its Enemies (The MIT Press)
author:  Daniel Cohen 
description: Cohen's new work debunks the commonly held wisdom on both sides of the globalization debate: that it's a new phenomenon, that it thrives on the exploitation of poor countries by rich ones, and that it raises all boats-rich and poor. Globalization is no novelty, Cohen argues, but began with Spanish Conquistadors, was adopted by Great Britain, and is now entering a new stage based on radical advances in transportation and communication. Cohen divides globalization's enemies into two camps united by a single assumption: "that globalization imposes a model that people do not want." Cohen asserts that "the truth ... is probably the reverse." Globalization increasingly involves interactions among rich countries, excluding rather than exploiting undeveloped nations. This gives impoverished countries a powerful image of progress but not the means to achieve it; the gap between the promise and its realization is where the real drama and frustration of globalization comes from. Cohen's practical expertise (he's a professor and economic adviser to the French prime minister), broad theoretical knowledge and straightforward style make this a succinct yet comprehensive work that will engage both specialists and the general public.<br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Why it has to be
  Joe Biden
  OCTOBER 31ST–NOVEMBER 6TH 2020
  
  The Economist October 31st 2020
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  Contents
  The world this week
  9 A summary of political
  and business news
  Leaders
  13 America’s election
  Why it has to be Biden
  14 Green innovation
  Breaking through
  15 Furlough schemes
  Zombiﬁed Britain
  16 Germany’s CDU
  The long farewell
  Letters
  18 On Indonesia, Colombia,
  human rights, Nagorno-
  Karabakh, the Arctic, beer
  Brieﬁng
  19 The Trump audit, part I
  What his presidency has
  meant for America...
  22 The Trump audit, part II
  ...and for the world
  Europe
  25 Covid-19 crushes culture
  26 Italy’s tax breaks
  27 Abortion in Poland
  27 A new Albanian princess
  28 The ﬁghting in
  Nagorno-Karabakh
  29 Charlemagne Macron’s
  mission
  Britain
  30 Data and government
  31 Brutalism and beauty
  32 New stately homes
  Middle East & Africa
  33 Fighting malaria
  35 A bloody vote in Guinea
  35 Sudan makes new friends
  36 An airport divides Israel
  United States
  37 Amy Coney Barrett
  38 Flipping state leg