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From destructive to creative trade through economic geography

Thematic area: 
3. The Social Economy - creating employment and environmental, social and economic sustainability
Language: 
English
State: 
Publish
Name(s) of author(s): 
Jaroslav Vanek
Affiliation(s) of author(s): 
Cornell University
Company / Organisation: 
Cornell University
Address: 
Ithaca - NY
Postalcode: 
14850
City: 
Ithaca

We live in a capitalist world where most people believe that globalization based on free trade and free markets in all areas is the optimal or more efficient state.

In this paper I would like to accomplish the following:

1.Show the fallacy of the optimality conclusion

2.Demonstrate the validity of an alternative analysis of today’s processes of globalization—the theory of destructive trade

3.Propose a remedial procedure which would lead to a globalization which would be optimal

4.Indicate in both theory and practice solutions which already exist in today’s world and which approach optimality.

Note: This is a tandem paper with “MONDRAGON international multilocalization strategy” from dr. Luzarraga and Dr. Irizar. I would like it to be grouped with papers by Ian Macpherson, Darryl Reed/JJ McMurtry and Luzarraga/Irizar.

Contact e-mail: 
jv19@cornell.edu