This fully updated and expanded second edition of the field guide to the global economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy illustrated throughout with charts graphs and cartoons the book documents new trends including the foreign outsourcing of us service jobs as well as the increasing influence of mega firms like wal mart and labor union free china on workers around the globe. This fully updated and expanded second edition of the field guide to the global economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy illustrated throughout with charts graphs and cartoons the book documents new trends including the foreign outsourcing of us service jobs as well as the increasing influence of mega firms like wal mart and labor union free china on workers around the globe. This fully updated and expanded second edition of the field guide to the global economy presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economyillustrated throughout with charts graphs and cartoons the book clearly documents new trends including the foreign outsourcing of us service jobs as well as the increasing influence of mega firms like wal . For basic data on global trade investment and human flows we read portions of field guide to the global economy anderson cavanagh and lee 2000 the field guides graphics and commentary are . Illustrated with charts graphs and political cartoons this guide reveals the harmful effects of corporate driven globalization accessible and engaging this field guide explains current trends in the global economy the driving forces behind globalization and the organizations and individuals working to reverse these destructive forces in the economy