Exam 16: Globalization: Consequences and Controversies

Defenders of globalization argue that the adoption of enforceable global labor standards is likely to push people in the developing world back into poverty.

Explain and discuss how efforts to craft a fully inclusive global climate change regime have been stymied by conflicts between China and India on one hand and the United States on the other.

Climate change has emerged as a pressing trade issue.Current estimates indicate that the world's largest emitter of GHGs (greenhouse gas)is

According the defenders of globalization and Oatley,globalization is the solution to the problems of income inequality and poverty,not their cause.

Given the alternatives,developing country workers have to choose from,a job in a factory engaged in production for export

Using Gini coefficient measures instead of the ratio of average incomes in the world's richest country to the average income in the world's poorest country,Oatley concludes that

According to Oatley,the current consensus among globalization defenders and environmentalists suggests that globalization can have positive environmental consequences.

Globalization has scale effects that arise from the expansion of economic activity.These scale effects are positive because

According to Oatley,"sweatshop" factories are the sole reason why global poverty has fallen by 375 million people during the last twenty years.

According to Oatley,wage differences between high income and low income countries were caused by both labor market regulations and different levels of productivity.

According to Oatley,workers in advanced countries are paid more than workers in the developing world primarily because they are

The dynamics of environmental rules and WTO trade principles have produced a lot of vigorous disagreement.Which of the following statements are not likely to be used by defenders of globalization on this issue?

According to Oatley,workers in MNC affiliates compared to locally owned firms

Discuss the costs and benefits of the efforts to create global rules to improve working conditions and wages in sweatshop factories.

Oatley claims that global wage differences are not caused by different labor market regulations but by

Discuss the arguments and evidence antiglobalization critics have cited on abuses in factories in developing countries.

Poverty reduction has not been distributed evenly across the globe.Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Oatley implies that the only way to enforce higher global labor standards is to

Numerous examples of objectionable workplace practices during the last fifteen years have been documented.Which of the following is not cited by Oatley in his analysis of this subject in Chapter 16?

The dynamics of environmental rules and WTO trade principles have received greater attention than ever before.Which of the following statements are notlikely to be used by environmentalists on this issue?