Globalisation, development and transition: conversations with eminent economists/ Brian Snowdon

The fall and rise of globalisation
Introduction
Globalisation v. 'globaphobia'
The gains from trade and good governance
When did globalisation begin?
The 'great reversal' : international disintegration and recovery
Financial globalisation
The benefits and costs of financial integration
Exchange rate regimes and the 'open-economy trilemma'
The role of the International Monetary Fund
Globalisation and the IMF : some lessons from the 1990s
International labour migration
The 'offshore outsourcing' controversy
The size of nations
Growth, productivity and international competitiveness
Analysing global competitiveness
The Growth Competitiveness Index
The Business Competitiveness Index
The Global Competitiveness Index
Improving competitiveness of developing countries
Conclusion

Economic development in historical perspective
Introduction
The 'great escape'
Alternative measures of 'progress'
Income measures
Beyond income measures of progress : basic needs, the PQLI and life expectancy
The Human Development Index
Competitiveness indices
Measures of freedom
Anthropometrics
The economics of obesity
The economics of happiness and life satisfaction
The birth of development economics
From the 'dirigiste consensus' to the 'Washington consensus' and beyond
Growth and development
Growth, development and the role of institutions
Economic history and institutions
Bandits and kleptocrats
Barriers to growth and development
Sub-Saharan Africa's 'growth tragedy'
From 'Marshall Plan' to Millennium Development Goals
2005 : a 'pivotal year' in the development debate?
The foreign aid controversy
Aid and poverty traps
Foreign aid : a 'weapon of mass salvation'
Conclusion

The rise and fall of the socialist system and the trials of transition
Introduction
The legacy of Marx
The rise and fall of the socialist system and the Soviet Union, 1917-91
From 'golden age' growth to slowdown
Western perceptions of the socialist system
Economic analysis under socialism
From glasnost and perestroika to transition
The political economy of transition
A third way : is market socialism feasible?
Alternative paths of transition : the shock therapy v. gradualism debate
The political economy of reform