The Transformation of the World Economy / Edition 2

This revised, extended and updated edition of Robert Solomon's well-received assesses the remarkable changes in the world economy in recent decades. The impact of marketization, of "globalization" in both industry and finance and of increased policy co-ordination as a response at regional and global levels are analyzed, as are the changing philosophies of economic policy in the US, Britain, Western Europe, the USSR, Russia and Eastern Europe, China, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.