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.

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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