Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Business Book Review Column.

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 ...

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