Neoliberalism, globalization, and inequalities : consequences for health and quality of life / edited by Vicente Navarro.

Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., [2007], ©2007.

vii, 506 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Neoliberalism as a class ideology; or, The political causes of the growth of inequalities / Vicente Navarro -- Is globalization undermining the welfare state? The evolution of the welfare state in developed capitalist countries during the 1990s / Vicente Navarro, John Schmitt, and Javier Astudillo -- The future of the welfare state: crisis myths and crisis realities / Francis G. Castles -- Should we worry about income inequality? / Robert Hunter Wade -- The causes of increasing world poverty and inequality; or, Why the Matthew effect prevails / Robert Hunter Wade -- Is globalization reducing poverty and inequality? / Robert Hunter Wade -- The scorecard on development: 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick -- The world health situation / Vicente Navarro -- Economic efficiency versus social equality? The U.S. liberal model versus the European social model / Vicente Navarro and John Schmitt -- Is the United States a good model for reducing social exclusion in Europe? / John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer -- Labor markets and economic inequality in the United States since the end of the 1970s / John Schmitt --

The politics of health inequalities research in the United States / Vicente Navarro -- An alternative to the neoliberal model in health: the case of Venezuela / Oscar Feo and Carlos Eduardo Siqueira -- Venezuela's Barrio Adentro: an alternative to neoliberalism in health care / Carles Muntaner ... [et al.] -- The dispossession of African wealth at the cost of Africa's health / Patrick Bond -- Uneven health outcomes and political resistance under residual neoliberalism in Africa / Patrick Bond and George Dor -- The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: a "disastrous" record / Demba Moussa Dembele -- The Sachs report: Investing in health for economic development--or increasing the size of the crumbs from the rich man's table? / Alison Katz -- Report of the WHO commission on macroeconomics and health: a critique / Debabar Banerji -- Assessment of the World Health Report 2000 / Vicente Navarro -- Serious crisis in the practice of international health by the World Health Organization: the commission on social determinants of health / Debabar Banerji -- A critique of Jeffrey D. Sachs's The end of poverty / Doug Henwood.

Neoliberalism as a class ideology; or, the political causes of the growth of inequalities / Vicente Navarro -- Is globalization undermining the welfare state? The evolution of the welfare state in developed capitalist countries during the 1990s / Vicente Navarro, John Schmitt, and Javier Astudillo -- The future of the welfare state: crisis myths and crisis realities / Francis G. Castles -- Should we worry about inequality? / Robert Hunter Wade -- The causes of increasing world poverty and inequality; or, why the Matthew effect prevails / Robert Hunter Wade -- Is globalization reducing poverty and inequality? / Robert Hunter Wade -- The scorecard on development: 25 years of diminished progress / Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick -- The world health situation / Vicente Navarro -- Economic efficiency versus social equality? The U.S. liberal model versus the European social model / Vicente Navarro and John Schmitt -- Is the United States a good model for reducing social exclusion in Europe? / John Schmitt and Ben Zipperer -- Labor markets and economic inequality in the United States since the end of the 1970s / John Schmitt --

The politics of health inequalities research in the United States / Vicente Navarro -- An alternative to the neoliberal model in health: the case of Venezuela / Oscar Feo and Carlos Eduardo Siqueira -- Venezuela's Barrio Adentro: an alternative to neoliberalism in health care / Carles Muntaner ... [et al.] -- The dispossession of African wealth at the cost of Africa's health / Patrick Bond -- Uneven health outcomes and political resistance under residual neoliberalism in Africa / Patrick Bond and George Dor -- The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: a "disastrous" record / Demba Moussa Dembele -- The Sachs report: investing in health for economic development? Or increasing the size of the crumbs from the rich man's table? / Alison Katz -- Report of the WHO commission on macroeconomics and health: a critique / Debabar Banerji -- Assessment of the World health report 2000 / Vicente Navarro -- Serious crisis in the practice of international health by the World Health Organization: the commission on social determinants of health / Debabar Banerji -- A critique of Jeffrey D. Sachs's The end of poverty / Doug Henwood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.