
This book examines current issues in the world economic order--employment and international labour markets, volatility in foreign exchange markets, deregulation of financial markets--and asks whether we need new policies and institutions to manage the global economy. Writing...

The demise of the post-war era of full employment has been followed by more than 20 years of global instability. The world economy enters the 21st century with the industrial world divided between the European Union, the North American Free Trade Area, and the Pacific Rim countries...