When in 2001 Joseph Stiglitz won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences, along with two other economists, many rejoiced that market imperfections were at last getting some recognition. But Stiglitz's recent reputation has most to do with his rebellious attitudes at the World Bank. The...

This economist argues that the multilateral talks have for too long been stacked against the developing countries. For negotiations to continue, the developed states must concede that developing countries have a right to protect infant industries and that the negotiating process needs an...

The article is a critical commentary on the World Bank's analysis of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), as exemplified in its recently-published Report, Bureaucrats in Business. While noting the positive contributions made by the Report, the article criticises the World Bank's understanding of the...

With contributions from the leading commentators in the field and an over-arching introduction from the editor, the concerns of this updated and revised Handbook are two-fold. Firstly, to redefine the concept of globalisation and dispel the haze that surrounds it through a systematic and...

Resumen: Se describe la historia del libre comercio con una perspectiva alternativa a la predominante en el llamado consenso de Washington, según el cual lo mejor que pueden hacer los países para generar riqueza y puestos de trabajo es eliminar las barreras arancelarias y abrirse al mercado...