"The Global Institutions of Globalization"
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"The Global Institutions of Globalization" Introduction The basis of this written assignment considers the impact, for good or ill, which two global institutions, the IMF and Group of Seven/Group of Eight have had on globalization in recent times. The first section of the paper analyzes what I believe to be Joseph E. Stiglitz's three key arguments in the book, Globalization and its Discontents. The history of the Group of Seven/Group of Eight, its role, significance and the means of how this organization influences globalization economically, socially and environmentally are all addressed in the section half of this paper. Book Review The core of the book, "Globalization and its Discontents," is a closely argued condemnation of the IMF for multiple crimes including, but not limited to, the financial downgrade of the beggaring of Russia and the 1997 East Asia crisis. The argument that many of the economic ills of the past fifteen years...

