Sustainable Trade

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We are just at the beginning of the process of globalization, and yet we are already having a hard time supplying the world with the necessary raw materials. We are backsliding on environmental and worker's rights protection, in an effort to compete in a world, which has a rapidly growing supply of qualified and capable global labor force, for the right to produce, and consume. The response to these grave new challenges, coming from our political and intellectual elites, has ...
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We are just at the beginning of the process of globalization, and yet we are already having a hard time supplying the world with the necessary raw materials. We are backsliding on environmental and worker's rights protection, in an effort to compete in a world, which has a rapidly growing supply of qualified and capable global labor force, for the right to produce, and consume. The response to these grave new challenges, coming from our political and intellectual elites, has been quite disappointing thus far.
On the right, we have the staunch worshipers of the uncorrupted market. They want to do away with the social safety net, and environmental protection, in an effort to create a competitive economy, able to hold on to investment. They like to pretend that global resources are infinite; and environmental degradation will never cause us suffering. They also neglect the negative effects that dismantling the social safety net, has on a post-agrarian society's stability and cohesion.
On the left, they like to pretend, that the increased costs to doing business, thanks to our efforts to be compassionate and good global citizens, will not cause us to suffer brutal reprisals. Profit maximizing firms cannot be expected to accept voluntarily, a higher cost of doing business.
There is no question that we have to protect the environment, people, and deal with resource scarcity. The market however is more inclined to push us into a global race to the bottom. The only solution is to change the environment that the market operates in, and collective human goodwill will not suffice. A standardized global trade tariff, designed to discourage environmental and human abuse and encourage efficiency, is the only way we can deal with the current challenge. The only alternative is failure, and it will be painful.
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  • ISBN-13: 9781468505955
  • Publisher: AuthorHouse
  • Publication date: 12/29/2011
  • Pages: 412
  • Product dimensions: 0.84 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

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  • Posted June 20, 2012

    A very interesting read. I wish our current and wannabe leaders

    A very interesting read. I wish our current and wannabe leaders would read this with an open-mind as the world confronts economic meltdown. It presents a view that differs from the two views and solutions currently presented by Dems and Repubs on the other end of the spectrum - neither which is likely to work in the long run as I think about them. Ban's solutions actually addresses many of both sides' concerns and criticisms of the opposing side though he himself feels the chances of humanity actually implementing them is rather nil. Ban's 'race to the bottom' is happening around us right now. The author's first language is obviously not English so some phrasing is a little awkward (thus the withheld 5th star) but his ideas are clear enough.

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    Posted April 2, 2012

    This is clearly an independent book. The content however is int

    This is clearly an independent book. The content however is intriguing and informative. It not only talks about our problems in regards to sustainability, but also offers a logical solution. It is refreshing to read something that is neither right or left ideologically.

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