Awards

• Winner of Donner Prize 2002
• Winner of Donner Prize 2002.
• Winner of Donner Prize, Donner Foundation 2002 (Canada)

Overview

This text addresses and contrasts several key aspects of Canada's past and future. It first sets the stage by reviewing evidence on the extent to which globalization has altered the scope and salience of nation states. It then deals with the implications for domestic policies, and finally with international policies. Throughout the work, John Helliwell emphasizes well-being as an explicit focus for research and for public policies. He concludes that there is ample scope for countries like Canada to have independent national and international policies, and considers a number of policy options. The volume surveys a broad range of empirical work but it is not technical so it should be accessible to a general audience.

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Reviews

Globalization and Well-Being is provocative, well written and thoughtful, as well as masterful in presentation -- Helliwell does not waste a word or relevant thought. -- Grant Reuber Donner Prize Jury Chairman Helliwell exemplifies the best in academic scholarship. -- Martin Loney Books in Canada, Summer 2003 This book is stimulating, and the opening review of the literature on the importance of national borders for international trade is superb. -- Ronald I. McKinnon Literary Review of Canada

John Helliwell is one of the best writers in the economic professions. His arguments are logical and coherent and eminently accessible to other academics and social scientists, and those generally interested in Canadian affairs... Helliwell has done an admirable job of presenting both the positive and normative case for the importance of a nation state. - Richard Harris, Telus Professor Economics, Simon Fraser University

Globalization and Well-Being is provocative, well written and thoughtful, as well as masterful in presentation - Helliwell does not waste a word or relevant thought. -- Grant Reuber Donner Prize Jury Chairman Helliwell exemplifies the best in academic scholarship. -- Martin Loney Books in Canada, Summer 2003 This book is stimulating, and the opening review of the literature on the importance of national borders for international trade is superb. -- Ronald I. McKinnon Literary Review of Canada

Author Information

John F. Helliwell is a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia.

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