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Summary:

"This book tells the story of an extraordinarily influential group of business executives at the helm of the largest US multinational corporations and their quest to drive forward globalization over the last eight decades. It is also about those who opposed the growing might of multinationals. By shedding light on what caused corporate executives to pursue a pro-globalization agenda and by examining the resistance they encountered along the way, the book traces the historical roots of today's disparities in wealth and income distribution. It offers the first history of these makers of post-1945 globalization and of how they dealt with their opponents"--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

• Laying the groundwork for globalization
• Fighting protectionism at home, building factories abroad
• Solving the Bretton Woods problem
• From anti-globalization to deregulation
• International labor pushes back
• Free-market dreams come true : from NAFTA to the WTO.

Author/Creator:

Schaufelbuehl, Janick Marina , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Crusading for globalization: US multinationals and their opponents since 1945 [by Schaufelbuehl, J.M.]

Related Series:

American business, politics, and society

Subjects:

Globalization — United States — History — 20th century

International business enterprises — United States — History — 20th century

Capitalism — United States — History — 20th century

Investments, Foreign — United States — History — 20th century

Anti-globalization movement — United States — History — 20th century

United States — Economic conditions — 1945-

United States — Economic policy — 20th century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print-version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HF1365 .S335 2025eb

ISBNs:

9781512827149 (electronic bk.)
1512827142 (electronic bk.)
9781512827156 [Invalid]

Other Control Numbers:

3975804 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306372364