Economic Justice in a Flat World

<P>Globalization may be the most hotly debated issue surrounding poverty. The benefits and costs of global economic integration are critical and complex.</P><ul><li>Is a globalized free-market economy part of the solution to economic injustice or part of the problem?</li><li>Are the international monetary systems pursuing policies that will reduce poverty or are they serving the interests of the wealthy?</li><li>What do pro-poor policy reforms look like in the areas of trade and foreign investment?</li><li> What kinds of immigration restrictions or reforms are consistent with the Christian faith?</li><li>Should development aid be awarded only to well-governed democratic countries?</li><li>Would unrestrained economic growth imply environmental destruction?</li></ul><P><I>Economic Justice</I> assembles leading economists to debate these and other issues surrounding globalization's effects on the poor. Writers urge an informed church to help identify the essentials of a Christian perspective on the societal environmental and economic implications of globalization and to live accordingly.</P>