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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Business Book Review Column.
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- April 4, 2004
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By Thomas J. Brady, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 4--Open World: The Truth About Globalization
By Philippe Legrain
Ivan R. Dee. 367 pp. $27.50.
Open World takes the reader on a dizzying spin around the world and through the centuries as it makes a compelling case for an ever-continuing advance toward globalization.
The author clearly views free trade as a cure for all sorts of woes, especially poverty.
He cites Harvard economists Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Warner, who in a study found "that poor countries that were open to international trade grew over six times faster in the ...