Localization: A Global ManifestoLocalization is a manifesto to unite all those who recognize the importance of cultural, social and ecological diversity for our future - and who do not aspire to a monolithic global consumer culture. It is a passionate and persuasive polemic, challenging the claims that we have to be 'internationally competitive' to survive and describing the destructive consequences of globalization. This book is unique in going beyond simply criticizing free trade and globalization trends. It details self-reinforcing policies to create local self-sufficiency and shows clearly that there is an alternative to globalization - to protect the local, globally. |
Contents
Globalization What it is and the Damage it Does | 3 |
History and WTO Enforcing of Comparative Advantage | 9 |
Theory and Attempted Enforcement of Capital Advantage | 17 |
From Globalization to Localization A Potential Rallying Call | 27 |
Localization Increasing Community Renewal | 37 |
Protect the Local Globally A Route to Localization | 62 |
Localizing Production and Dismantling Transnational Companies | 68 |
Localizing Capital | 79 |
A Localist Wakeup Call to Political Activists | 169 |
Failure to Adequately Challenge Globalization Social Services Unions and Culture | 176 |
Localizing International Development | 186 |
Localizing Food Security | 209 |
The WTO and the Environment | 218 |
Localization will Bale Out the Market | 237 |
Answers to Some Criticisms of the Protect the Local Globally Form of Localization | 242 |
Making Money to Fund Employment a Citizens Income and the Shift to Localization | 246 |
A Localist Competition Policy | 98 |
Taxes for Localization | 108 |
Democratic Localism | 118 |
Trade and Aid for Localization | 130 |
Growing Opposition | 151 |
Globalization Destroying Jobs Increasing Deflation | 157 |
A Global Manifesto | 256 |
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Suggested Reading | 284 |
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