Professional Documents
Culture Documents
reduced state capacity to regulate Clash of AngloAmerican vs. Asian models of capitalism Limit financial speculation through state policies Critical Predatory liberalism, power of financial interests, systemic flaws Human suffering caused by financial collapse
Key Issues
Lessons
Increase transparency and good practice in developing countries (i.e., more liberalization) Source: OBrien and Williams, p. 12.
SUMMARY OF COMPETING PERSPECTIVES IN IPE Economic Nationalist 15th c. states Liberal 19th c. individuals, firms, states pluralist Critical 19th c. social class
View of state
representative of class interests exploitative relationship between classes exploitative and oppressive
Key dynamics
Market relations
potentially negative (positive for most powerful actors) anarchic/ conflictual zero-sum
System structure
Game metaphor