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The economist once again, columbia university economist jagdish bhagwati has weighed into the increasingly partisan and ideological debate over trade, offshore outsourcing and globalization. In this thoughtprovoking work, bhagwati economics, columbia univ. Review excerpts for in defense of globalization in defense of globalization is an important contribution to an often incoherent debate. The book consists of 19 chapters, divided into five sections. Now jagdish bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most. In defense of globalization jagdish bhagwati national.
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