Institutionalization of Global Trade

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REQUIRED READINGS
LECTURE 10
Global Institutions
-Historical Perspective
Luther, William J. 2014. Review of “The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Princeton University Press, 2013)” by Benn Steil, Independent Review 18 (3) (Winter 2014).
-In their own words
What is the WTO?
– WTO. 2011. Making Globalization Socially Sustainable (Brochure) (Note: Full report and other material available here)
IMF at a Glance
– IMF 2008. Globalization: A Brief Overview
About the World Bank
– WB. Trade and Globalization
What do others think?
– IMF and World Bank
Karlin, Mark. 2007. “Naomi Klein: Shocking the World Bank and IMF Crowd with her Analysis of ‘Disaster Capitalism.” BuzzFlash (October 16).
– IMF
Mitchell, Daniel J. 2021. “The IMF Should Be Eliminated, Not Expanded.” AIER (October 12)
– World Bank
Bovard, James. 2009. “McNamara’s Other Debacle.” LewRockwell.com (July 10).
Bovard, James. 2021. “Raiding the World Bank: Exposing a Fondness for Dictators.” Mises Wire (December 13)
Bate, Roger and Benjamin Schwab. 2004. “McNamara’s Bank.” TCS Daily (July 29). (Note: I have changed the link)
Klein, Naomi. 2007. “The World Bank has the Perfect Standard Bearer.” The Guardian (April 27).
Murray, Iain. 2015. “World Bank Increases Number of Poor.” CEI Blog (September 25).
– WTO
Rockwell, Lew. 2018/2004. “Decentralize Global Trade Policy.” Mises Institute Daily Commentary (January 6; originally published as “Cotton Candy” on April 29, 2004.).
Nader, Ralph and Lori Wallach. “GATT, NAFTA, and the Subversion of the Democratic Process: WTO, The Global Enforcer” (excerpted from the book The Case Against the Global Economy edited by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith, Sierra Club Books, 1997).
Griswold, Dan. 2000. “WTO Critics Trade Away Truth for a Sound Bite.” Cato Institute Commentary (January 2).
Lester, Simon. 2014 “The WTO vs. the TPP.” Cato Institute Commentary (May 2).