Review of Globalization

Globalization by Donald J. Boudreaux, first published in 2008 is a testament to the author’s research and eagerness in understanding a global economy; its pitfalls, its struggles, but more so the influences that it has on people as individuals and groups but also the profound influence that it has on business. Boudreaux designates seven chapters, each for a specific subject, regarding a global economy and how these subjects are the root of what globalization is to locals in China, Africa and the United States and how these locals intertwine in an economical phenomenon.
The overriding factor of this literature is to help readers and the general public come to a better understanding of economics. Specific to this reading, the global economy. Through writing of economics on a basic level the series for which Globalization is apart is intended to interpret how a world driven by big and small business truly works. Boudreaux has used his decade’s worth of economics experience and expertise along with input from the multitude of colleagues, friends and teachers to provide a holistic view of the economy in a global sense. Though he could have easily presented the topics in a manner only economists could understand, he does well to boil down to the facts and present a clear reading, which allows even the laymen (in comparison to economists) may understand. The multitude of real world examples provided throughout the text for each topic within each chapter’s main theme makes clear the objection and/or support for which he reasons.
As a professor, scholar, lawyer and advisor in economics and economic policy Boudreaux has a clear understanding of economics, more specifically how it relates globally and the implications and effects that global trade and commerce have for the world’s people as a whole but also as individuals. Boudreaux, or Dr. Boudreaux to be more proper, received his doctorate (PhD) in economics from Auburn University in 1986; shortly following he