Fighting the Wrong Enemy: Antiglobal Activists and Multinational Enterprises |
Contents
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Dissecting the MAI | 35 |
Globalization Foreign Direct Investment and Labor | 65 |
Globalization Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment | 115 |
The MAI and the Developing Countries | 149 |
Where Does the Multilateral Investment Agenda Go from Here? | 169 |
APPENDICES | 185 |
Productivity and Wage Determination | 187 |
Is Foreign Direct Investment a Complement to Trade? | 193 |
References | 199 |
Index | 207 |
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