The Virtuous Vice: Globalization - Hardcover

by Siamack Shojai (Author), Robert Christopherson (Author)

Globalization is both a virtue and a vice. On balance it is beneficial to individuals, communities, nations, and the world economy. It facilitates the movement of goods and services, people, financial capital, and ideas. Overall, it creates wealth. Globalization does have vices, however, cultural clashes, environmental degradation, and displaced workers among them. The contributors to this volume contend that the give and play between the positive and negative sides of globalization will eventually result in a smoother and more equitable process.

Author Biography

SIAMACK SHOJAI is Dean of the School of Business and Economics at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. He has authored many essays and journal articles and is the editor of three volumes on the oil industry, as well as global debt and budget deficits.

ROBERT CHRISTOPHERSON is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Department at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh.