The Travels of a T–Shirt in the Global Economy– An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, & Politics of World Trade New Preface and Epilogue with Up
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ISBN-13: 9781118950142
ISBN-10: 1118950143
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 1118950143
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:2nd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
Cuprins
PREFACE ix PROLOGUE xvii PART I KING COTTON 1 1 How America Has Dominated the Global Cotton Industry for 200 Years 3 2 The History of American Cotton 9 3 Back at the Reinsch Farm 24 4 All God's Dangers Ain't the Subsidies 49 PART II MADE IN CHINA 75 5 Cotton Comes to China 77 6 The Long Race to the Bottom 92 7 Sisters in Time 105 8 The Unwitting Conspiracy 120 PART III TROUBLE AT THE BORDER 141 9 Returning to America 143 10 Dogs Snarling Together 156 11 Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy 171 12 45 Years of ''Temporary'' Protectionism End in 2009-----Now What? 196 PART IV MY T-SHIRT FINALLY ENCOUNTERS A FREE MARKET 213 13 Where T-Shirts Go after the Salvation Army Bin 215 14 How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts 227 15 Mitumba: Friend or Foe to Africa? 239 CONCLUSION 253 EPILOGUE: DEVELOPMENTS 2009---2014 262 I: American Cotton Is Still King 262 II: The Race to the Bottom Speeds Up 270 III: The Alphabet Armies March On 277 IV: Competition Heats Up in the Used Clothing Business 282 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 286 NOTES 288 BIBLIOGRAPHY 310 INDEX 335