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The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy [an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade]
An around-the-world adventure to reveal the life story of the author's six-dollar T-shirt. Traveling from a West Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory, and from trade negotiations in Washington to a used clothing market in Africa, she examines international trade through the life story of this simple product. She uses a simple T-shirt to reveal the politics and the human side of the globalization debate. Within the fabric of every product are fascinating businesses, good and bad politics, revealing histories, and especially the hopes and dreams of real people. These people's stories - and the story of the T-shirt that ties them together - present the most nuanced look yet at the economics and politics of globalization.
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- "An around-the-world adventure to reveal the life story of the author's six-dollar T-shirt. Traveling from a West Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory, and from trade negotiations in Washington to a used clothing market in Africa, she examines international trade through the life story of this simple product. She uses a simple T-shirt to reveal the politics and the human side of the globalization debate. Within the fabric of every product are fascinating businesses, good and bad politics, revealing histories, and especially the hopes and dreams of real people. These people's stories - and the story of the T-shirt that ties them together - present the most nuanced look yet at the economics and politics of globalization."@en
- "Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics."@en
- "In [this book, the author] takes the reader on an around-the-world adventure to reveal the life story of her six-dollar T-shirt. Traveling from a West Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory, and from trade negotiations in Washington to a used clothing market in Africa, [She] examines international trade through the life story of this simple product. Combining a compelling story with substantive scholarship, [she] shows that both globalization's critics and its cheerleaders have oversimplified the world of international trade. [In the book, she] uses a simple T-shirt to reveal the politics and the human side of the globalization debate. Within the fabric of every product are fascinating businesses, good and bad politics, revealing histories, and especially the hopes and dreams of real people. These people's stories - and the story of the T-shirt that ties them together - present the most nuanced look yet at the economics and politics of globalization. -Dust jacket."
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- "The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade"
- "The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade"@en