The true cost of low prices : the violence of globalization /
Gallagher, Vincent A.
The true cost of low prices : the violence of globalization / Vincent A. Gallagher. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006. - x, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index.
Awakening to the hidden violence -- Neocolonialism: the search for the most desperate workers -- International financial institutions: instruments of development or violence? -- How the poor suffer -- Do the World Bank and IMF help or hinder? -- Keeping unfair structures in place -- The uses of slaves in the global economy -- The politics of food -- Women and children are hurt the most -- Violence against Latino workers in El Salvador and the United States -- The need for a theology that liberates -- Awakening to the reality of suffering -- How we can respond -- Epilogue: If only you knew.
1570756694 (pbk.) 9781570756696 (pbk.) 9781570756696
2006009992
International trade--Social aspects.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Labor--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Comercio internacional--Aspectos sociales.
Pobreza--Países en desarrollo.
Trabajo--Aspectos sociales--Países en desarrollo.
HF 1413 / G162t 2006
306.3
The true cost of low prices : the violence of globalization / Vincent A. Gallagher. - Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2006. - x, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-158) and index.
Awakening to the hidden violence -- Neocolonialism: the search for the most desperate workers -- International financial institutions: instruments of development or violence? -- How the poor suffer -- Do the World Bank and IMF help or hinder? -- Keeping unfair structures in place -- The uses of slaves in the global economy -- The politics of food -- Women and children are hurt the most -- Violence against Latino workers in El Salvador and the United States -- The need for a theology that liberates -- Awakening to the reality of suffering -- How we can respond -- Epilogue: If only you knew.
1570756694 (pbk.) 9781570756696 (pbk.) 9781570756696
2006009992
International trade--Social aspects.
Poverty--Developing countries.
Labor--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Comercio internacional--Aspectos sociales.
Pobreza--Países en desarrollo.
Trabajo--Aspectos sociales--Países en desarrollo.
HF 1413 / G162t 2006
306.3