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Unfair Trade Author: Casey Michael

ISBN: 9781922070173 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 416 Published: 2 July 2012 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.5 x 3.1 Description: A wake-up call for middle class Americans who feel trapped in a post-crisis economic slump, The Unfair Trade is a riveting exposé of the vast global financial system whose flaws are the source of our economic malaise. Our livelihoods are now, more than ever, beholden to the workings of its imbalances and inequities.

The trillions of dollars that make up the flow of international finance - money that is often steered away from the people who deserve it the most - have not just undermined the lives of working and middle class Americans. It is a world-wide phenomenon that is changing the culture of Argentina; destroying the factory system in Northern Mexico, enabling drug cartels to recruit thousands of young men into their gangs; that has taken down the economies of Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Greece, and possibly Italy; and is driving American companies such as a 60-year-old family owned manufacturer of printed circuit boards to shutter all but one of its factories.

Veteran journalist Michael Casey has travelled the world - from China to Iceland, Spain to Argentina, Indonesia to Australia - recounting extraordinary stories about ordinary people from one con...

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