Traders - Fairbrother, Malcolm

Todays Global Economy Was Largely Established By Political Events And Decisions In The 1980s And 90s, When Scores Of Nations Opened Up Their Economies To The Forces Of Globalization. In Traders, Malcolm Fairbrother Argues That Politicians' Embrace Of Globalization Was Much Less Motivated By Public Preferences Than By The Agendas Of Businesspeople And Other Elites. Drawing On Over One Hundred Interviews With Decision-makers, And Analyses Of Archival Materials From Canada, Mexico, And The U.s., Fairbrother Tells The Story Of How Each Country Negotiated And Ratified Two Agreements That Substantially Opened And Integrated Their Economies: The 1989 Canada-u.s.