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Book Review Presentation

by Jessica Guevara-Bolanos

What was going on at the time?

- 1999: Firefly Brigade (NGO) launches to promote the integration of bike riding as a main transportation option

- 2000: Senate approves $7.8 Billion to restore the Everglades ecosystem in Florida

Globalization and Its Discontents

Sources:

- 2004: A study was published showing the effects air pollution has on the lungs of children/adolescents in Southern California

The author: Joseph E Stiglitz

- 2005: Kyoto Protocol goes into effect

Seminal reading?

- Born on February 9, 1943

Main takeaways

- Gary, Indiana

- Awareness on the corruption of the IMF

Awesome book, but no

- False promises made to developing countries

- http://www.infoplease.com/spot/earthdaytimeline.html

-http:/www.nytimes.com/2000/09/26/us/senate-approves-7.8-billion-plan-to-aid-everglades.html?_r=0

-http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa040610

-http://66.147.244.135/~enviror4/21st-century/firstdecade-2000-09/

- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, & Amherst College

- Policies enforced by the IMF that did not seem to make sense

- Does not talk about environmental issues

- The power the IMF holds

- American Economist

- Won a Nobel Memorial Prize in 2001

- Former Senior VP and Chief Econonist of the World Bank

- Mentions the environment/environmental degradation, but does not have a part dedicated to showing how globalization impacts the environment

-Former member and chairman of the US President's Council of Economic Advisers

Improvements

None!

Other than that...

- Easy read

- A lot of eye-opening information

- The flow is pretty consistent throughout the book

Questions?

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