Odd Couple: International Trade and Labor Standards in History (Yale Series in Economic History (YUP)) (Yale Series in Economic and Financial History)

by Michael Huberman

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It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers' quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization.

  • ISBN10 030015870X
  • ISBN13 9780300158700
  • Publish Date 29 May 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press