The Race to the Top: The Real Story of Globalization

by Tomas Larsson

Book Overview

Larsson takes the reader on a fast-paced, worldwide journey that extends from the slums of Rio to the brothels of Bangkok and shows what access to global markets means for those struggling to get ahead in the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930865155
• ISBN13: 9781930865150
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good, but could be more focused

This book definitely has its heart and head in the rightplace, as it recounts the benefits of globalization. But itseems to ramble a little, without ever directly making thecase that free trade, even unilateral free trade, alwayshelps a country, with the country's general publicbenefitting more overall than special interests may be hurt.Don't get me wrong, I think it's a very good book, but itcould be even better.

Up, not down

"Tomas Larsson has produced one of the best cases yet for globalization and against protectionist measures, whether they come from Latin American tariffs or U.S. anti-dumping measures."- Joachim Bamrud, Latin Business Chronicle

The real story of globalization

"Before one can cry Big Mac, Larsson humbles the critic of globalization into silence. Larsson is William Blake's "Mental Traveler," taking the reader through "a land of men and women": the slums of Rocinha in Rio where police are more dangerous than gangsters; a Bosnian mother supporting her blind husband and mentally retarded daughter on sweater knitting. Put down your placard and have a veggie burger, this guy's been there."- Zachary Wales, Business Correspondent, United Press International

Combines idealogies with a global perspective

Thomas Larsson's Race To The Top tells the story of globalization and its effects upon individual liberties and personal lives around the world. This focus combines idealogies with a global perspective on the flow of ideas, capitol and lifestyles, considering globalization's effects of commerce and politics on changing societies. An excellent account of how world changes are influenced.