Global Institutions and the Role of Resources

Dec 7, 2006

Thomas Pogge analyzes the increase in global inequality and asserts that global factors, as well as local factors, help explain differential success. He focuses on the role of the four international privileges of borrowing, treaties, arms, and resources.

Thomas Pogge analyzes the increase in global inequality and asserts that global factors, as well as local factors, help explain differential success. He focuses on the role of the four international privileges of borrowing, treaties, arms, and resources.

This talk is part of the 2006 Oxford-Uehiro-Carnegie Council Conference:
Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Sustainable Trade: The Case of Resource Extraction.

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