The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy: an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade

Type
Book
Authors
Rivoli ( Pietra )
 
ISBN 13
9780470039205 
Category
 
Publication Year
2005 
Publisher
John Wiley, United States 
Pages
258 
Abstract
Part 1. King Cotton. How America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 years -- The history of American cotton -- Back at the Reinsch farm -- All God's dangers ain't subsidies -- Part 2. Made In China. Cotton comes to China -- The long race to the bottom -- Sisters in time -- The unwitting conspiracy -- Part 3. Trouble At The Border. Returning to America -- Dogs snarling together -- Perverse effects and unintended consequences of t-shirt trade policy -- 45 years of "temporary" protectionism end in 2009 : now what? -- Part 4. My T-Shirt Finally Encounters A Free Market. Where t-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin -- How small entrepreneurs clothe East Africa with old American t-shirts -- Mitumba : friend or foe to Africa? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : developments 2009-2014. American cotton is still king -- The race to the bottom speeds up -- The alphabet armies march on -- Competition heats up in the used clothing business. 
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