| ID | 089079 |
| Title Proper | Globalization in Retreat |
| Other Title Information | Further Geopolitical Consequences of the Financial Crisis |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Altman, Roger C |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It is now clear that the global economic crisis will be deep and prolonged and that it will have far-reaching geopolitical consequences. The long movement toward market liberalization has stopped, and a new period of state intervention, reregulation, and creeping protectionism has begun.
Indeed, globalization itself is reversing. The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining. It also has not gone unnoticed that nations with insulated financial systems, such as China and India, have suffered the least economic damage.
Furthermore, there will be less global leadership and less coordination between nations. The G-7 (the group of highly industrialized states) and the G-20 (the group of finance ministers and central-bank governors from the world's largest economies) have been unable to respond effectively to this crisis, other than by expanding the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The United States is also less capable of making these institutions work and, over the medium term, will be less dominant. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 88, No.4; July/Aug 2009: p2-7 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 88, No.4; July/Aug 2009: p2-7 |
| Key Words | Globalization in Retreat ; Geopolitical Consequences ; Financial Crisis |