¿Cómo es posible que, a casi una década del comienzo de la crisis, la tasa de desempleo en la zona eu-ro duplique aún la de EEUU? ¿A qué se debe la prolongada desaceleración económica que padecieron los países de bajos y medianos ingresos en las dos últimas décadas del siglo xx, y qué tuvo el Fondo Monetario Internacional que ver en ello? ¿Por qué América Latina ha sido capaz de lograr una reducción sustancial de la pobreza en el siglo XXI, tras más de dos décadas perdidas? En Fracaso. Lo ...

Why has the Eurozone ended up with an unemployment rate more than twice that of the United States more than six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Why did the vast majority of low- and middle-income countries suffer a prolonged economic slowdown in the last two decades of the 20th century? What was the role of the International Monetary Fund in these economic failures? Why was Latin America able to achieve substantial poverty reduction in the 21st century after more than two deca...

Global Backlash is the first book to move beyond the monolithic portrayal of the globalization protests that have escalated since Seattle and are not likely to abate soon. With trenchant analysis and dozens of primary documents from a variety of popular and uncommon sources, Robin Broad explores proposals and initiatives coming from the backlash to answer the question, 'But what do they want?' A range of sophisticated propositions and a vibrant debate among segments of the backlash emerge....