Creative Destruction

by Tyler Cowen

Book Overview

A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as the theme song for his fifty-fourth birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? In this strikingly original treatment of a fiercely debated issue, Tyler Cowen makes a bold new case for a more sympathetic understanding of cross-cultural trade. Creative Destruction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691090165
• ISBN13: 9780691090160
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"