Rude Awakening: Threats to the Global Liberal Order

by Mauro F. Guill n

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In the wake of World War II, a number of institutions designed to promote a liberal global economic and geopolitical order were established—the International Monetary Fund, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (forerunner of the World Trade Organization), and the World Bank in the economic sphere, and the United Nations in the geopolitical realm. Although these organizations were far from perfect, their actions promoted rising living standards and political freedoms for all. Liberalism thus reengineered represented a fundamental bet on the supremacy of democracy and the market economy, and spurred the transformation of North America, Western Europe, and...

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  • ISBN10 0812250443
  • ISBN13 9780812250442
  • Publish Date 1 May 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 168
  • Language English