Our increasingly interconnected global economy makes the world constantly seem smaller and causes attorneys to confront novel legal issues, such as how can a foreign inventor immigrate into the US ...

In the wake of the second world war, as the world economy grew rapidly under US dominance, many on the left argued that the ...

The impact of globalization has led to changes in society that would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. Given this new societal atmosphere, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will be ...

Understanding the many facets and effects of globalization is difficult even for scholars well versed in economics and political science. So to the uninitiated, globalization can seem like an almost ...

In a new book on the origins and impacts of globalization, Harvard Business School's Geoffrey Jones focuses on the role played by a vital but often ignored actor in this conversation: business ...

The recent wave of financial globalization that has occurred since the mid-1980s has been marked by a surge in capital flows among industrial countries and, more notably, between industrial and ...

Discussing the Appalachian region of the eastern United States can often devolve into stereotypes, and that's a shame because it is a beautiful place filled with its own unique culture. Yes, there are ...

More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This study provides a candid, systematic, and critical review of recent evidence on this complex subject. Based on a review of the ...