Making sense of the global economy: 10 resources for health promoters

Katia Mohindra, Ronald Labonte

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    Abstract

    Population health is shaped by more than local or national influences - the global matters. Health promotion practitioners and researchers increasingly are challenged to engage with upstream factors related to the global economy, such as global prescriptions for national macroeconomic policies, debt relief and international trade. This paper identifies 10 books (A Brief History of Neoliberalism, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism, The World is Not Flat: Inequality and Injustice in Our Global Economy, Globalization and its Discontents, The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing World, Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, A Race Against Time, Globalization and Health: An Introduction, Global Public Goods for Health: Health Economics and Public Health Perspectives, Trade and Health: Seeking Common Ground) and several key reports that we found to be particularly useful for understanding the global economy's effects on people's health. We draw attention to issues helpful in understanding the present global financial crisis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)355-362
    Number of pages8
    JournalHealth Promotion International
    Volume25
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2010

    Keywords

    • global economy
    • global health
    • review

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