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Imbalances between rich and poorer nations in capital, military power, human population, and biological diversity create tensions that are often difficult to resolve using international legal and economic arrangements, especially as the latter have frequently been created by the wealthier countries for their own benefit. In what ways does a global economy help ameliorate these imbalances, and in what ways does it compound the problem? How will the environment fare in this global economy?
Full introduction to the chapter Go
Selections in this chapter: - Thomas L. Friedman, “Politics for the Age of Globalization” from The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999), [253] Go
- Paul Hawken, from “The WTO: Inside, Outside, All Around the World” (2000), [261] Go
- Arlene Wilson, from “The World Trade Organization: The Debate in the United States” (2000), [269] Go
- Vandana Shiva, from “Economic Globalization Has Become a War Against Nature and the Poor” (2000), [27] Go
INTERCONNECTIONS--supplementary readings from other chapters of the anthology  - All selections in Chapter 1, Climate Shock, [17] Go
- Peter M. Vitousek et al., from “Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems” (1997) (11), [365] Go
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Mark Kurlansky, from “With Mouth Wide Open” in Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997) (11), [386] Go - Michael B. McElroy, from “Industrial Growth, Air Pollution, and Environmental Damage: Complex Challenges for China” (1998) (14), [518] Go
- Sharon Guynup, “Arctic Life Threatened by Toxic Chemicals, Groups Say” (2002) (15), [551] Go
- Keystone Essay: Rachel Carson, from “The Real World Around Us” (1954), [557] Go
- Lynn White, Jr., from “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis” in Machina Ex Deo: Essays in the Dynamism of Western Culture (1968) (16), [573] Go
- Wendell Berry, “The Gift of Good Land” in The Gift of Good Land (1981) (16), [575] Go
- Kate Soper, from What Is Nature? Culture, Politics, and the Non-Human (1995) (17), [596] Go
- Wallace Stevens, “The Planet on the Table” (1953) (18), [642] Go
- Alfred W. Crosby, Jr., from The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (1972) (19), [661] Go
- Zygmunt J. B. Plater et al., “The Three Economies” in Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society (1998) (21), [727] Go
- Ranee K. L. Panjabi, from The Earth Summit at Rio: Politics, Economics, and the Environment (1997) (21), [732] Go
- Lynton Caldwell, from “Environmental Aspects of International Law” in International Environmental Policy: Emergence and Dimensions (1990) (22), [748] Go
- C. M. Abraham and Sushila Abraham, from “The Bhopal Case and the Development of Environmental Law in India” (1991) (22), [753] Go
- Herman Daly, from Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development (1996) (23), [777] Go
- Barry Commoner, from The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology (1971) (24), [815] Go
- J. H. Parry, from The Spanish Seaborne Empire (1966) (24), [818]Â Go
- Jared Diamond, from “Lethal Gift of Livestock” in Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (1997) (24), [823] Go
- Joel E. Cohen, from How Many People Can the Earth Support? (1995)Â (24), [827]Â Go
- Raymond Bonner, from “Whose Heritage Is It?” in At the Hand of Man (1993) (25), [842] Go
- Rigoberto Queme Chay, from “The Corn Men Have Not Forgotten Their Ancient Gods” (1993) (25), [850] Go
- U.N. Convention on Environment and Development, Earth Charter Preamble (1991) (26), [884] Go
- James Gustave Speth, from Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment, A Citizen’s Agenda for Action (2004) (26), [885] Go
Recommended further reading Go
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Pt I. Concepts & Case Studies 
