The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

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<b>Praise for <i>THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY</i></b> "Engrossing . . . (Rivoli) goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner . . . full of memorable characters and vivid scenes." --<i>Time</i> "An engaging and illuminating saga. . . . Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale. . . . Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic." --<i>The New York Times</i> "Rarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Pietra Rivoli's <i>The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy</i> is just such a page-turner." --<i>CIO</i> magazine "Succeeds admirably . . . T-shirts may not have changed the world, but their story is a useful account of how free trade and protectionism certainly have." --<i>Financial Times</i> "[A] fascinating exploration of the history, economics, and politics of world trade . . . <i>The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy</i> is a thought-provoking yarn that exhibits the ugly, the bad, and the good of globalization, and points to the unintended positive consequences of the clash between proponents and opponents of free trade." --<i>Star-Telegram</i> (Fort Worth) "Part travelogue, part history, and part economics, <i>The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy</i> is ALL storytelling, and in the grand style. A must-read." --Peter J. Dougherty, Senior Economics Editor, Princeton University Press author of <i>Who's Afraid of Adam Smith?</i> "A readable and evenhanded treatment of the complexities of free trade . . . As Rivoli repeatedly makes clear, there is absolutely nothing free about free trade except the slogan." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>