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Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life William Watson

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life By William Watson

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life by William Watson


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Globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience of being dependent on economic events in other countries. Watson shows that economic integration leaves room for considerable diversity in national economics and social policies.

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life Summary

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life by William Watson

Globalization, the dominant economic force of this era, is a phenomenon that invites misrepresentation and exaggeration. One of its results has been to introduce several false premises into this country's policy debates. So says William Watson, whose new book draws on economics and history to pose interesting challenges to modes of thinking that have become habitual in late twentieth-century Canadian life. Watson begins by pointing out that globalization is not new: Canadians have some 400 years' experience of being dependent on economic events in other countries. He goes on to show that deepening economic integration does not bind governments as tightly as much popular commentary suggests, but rather leaves room for considerable diversity in national economic and social policies. Although Canadians remain free to choose what size government they want, Watson argues that their decision to invest so much of their national identity in a larger-than-American state has been harmful to the country in ways that only now are becoming clear. This vigorously argued book offers much new insight and corrects many current misperceptions about Canadian affairs. Readers will welcome its lively mix of historical and contemporary perspectives.

Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life Reviews

'William Watson is that rarest of economists: He can write. Watson has packaged his ideas into an iconoclastic, informative and fundamentally optimistic book. It's also, needless to say, an entertaining if not a sensationalist read ... Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life, a briskly argued book that will infuriate some readers, also offers enough arresting analysis, digestible numbers and clear prose to satisfy anyone interested in thinking about the Canada of yesterday, today and tomorrow.' Jeffrey Simpson, Globe and Mail -- Jeffrey Simpson Globe and Mail 'William Watson ... delights in puncturing some of the beliefs Canadians hold dear ...' The Economist 'One of William Watson's great achievements through this remarkable book is his ability to debunk, with humour, the layers of political and economic hokum at the core of modern-day Canadian nationalism.' -- Terence Corcoran Globe and Mail 'William Watson has written an indispensable book, one that will infuriate Canada's subsidy-nationalists and cheer every real patriot.' -- David Frum National Post

About William Watson

William Watson teaches economics at McGill University and is associated with four Canadian policy institutes: C.D. Howe, Fraser, IRPP, and MacDonald-Laurier. He is a regular columnist for both the National Post and Ottawa Citizen.

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NLS9780802083722
9780802083722
0802083722
Globalization and the Meaning of Canadian Life by William Watson
New
Paperback
University of Toronto Press
2000-04-20
368
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