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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of ...
Pietra Rivoli

Wiley, 2009 - 336 pages

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Eye Opening, Brings Economics to Life

This book is required reading for students in a class on globalization in the high school where I teach, and I read it after the teacher highly recommended it. I was not disappointed!

As an avid reader of books on economics, I was pleased that this book proved very different than many others. While others take a more theoretical approach, bringing in examples along the way to demonstrate the validity of their argument, this book took the opposite approach. Here, the example *is* the basis for the book, and the implications for economic theory are presented in a more subtle way. The author's more open minded approach to what she would find as she researched the travels of her t-shirt was refreshing, and indeed, some of the conclusions were quite surprising.

I found the interplay of politics and economics to be eye opening. Any student of economics knows that free trade betters all parties involved, but how many really know the intracacies of the politics involved?

This book is a wonderful introduction to the complex and charged dynamics of free trade in the real world.


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Excellent blend of geopolitics, economics, and sociology

Fascinating and an easy read. Provides a counterpoint to all the anti-sweatshop propaganda, by drawing a parallel between the early days of industrialization in the US and what's happening now in some Third World countries. Just as the early New England mill workers viewed the mill as a step up and out of the farm, so do some East Asian workers view the sweatshop. Also examines subsidies to US farmers in the cotton industry. Highly recommended.









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Makes One Appreciative

I liked this book a lot. It was very educating and helped me understand the world from a different light. The author went a little on and on about some of the topics but overall, I really enjoyed the book. It sure as hells makes me appreciate the clothing that I wear a hell of a lot more.


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Really good illustrations of how markets work

I have used this book in my freshman university economics classes as a second text and really like it for illustrating how free market economics works ... or doesn't work.


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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy has been lauded by the New York Times, Financial Times, and reviewers worldwide. Translated in fourteen languages, Travels has received numerous awards for its frank and nuanced discussion of global economic realities.  Now updated and revised--including a discussions of environmental issue--this fascinating book illustrates crucial lessons in the debate on globalization.

The major themes and conclusions from the first edition are intact, but in  response to questions from readers and students around the world, the second edition now includes: Updates on the people, businesses, and politics involved in the production of the T-shirt. Discussions of environmental issues related to both international trade and the T-shirt's life story. A look at the maturing of the anti-globalization movement, and the recent shift in public opinion against internationalism.


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