Field Guide to the Global Economy
By Sarah Anderson; John Cavanagh; Thea Lee
(New Press, The, Paperback, 9781565849563, 149pp.)
Publication Date: May 2005
Categories: International - Economics
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Description
- If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would rank as China's fifth-largest export market
- Air pollution from Mexican manufacturing nearly doubled during Nafta's first four years
- Since 1968, worldwide employment at the top ten U.S. manufacturing firms dropped 28%, while sales climbed 133%
- In 2003, the wealth of the world's 587 billionaires ($1.9 trillion) is greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity
- Air pollution from Mexican manufacturing nearly doubled during Nafta's first four years
- Since 1968, worldwide employment at the top ten U.S. manufacturing firms dropped 28%, while sales climbed 133%
- In 2003, the wealth of the world's 587 billionaires ($1.9 trillion) is greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity
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