Who's Afraid of International Trade? Pietra Rivoli

 
20 Oct 2010
 
6:00 PM
 
Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Pietra Rivoli is the author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, which takes readers from cotton farms in Texas to factories in China to labor unions in the American South to used-clothing vendors in Tanzania. The book explores not only the market forces but also the social dimensions of a global economy. Rivoli is a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and has special interests in social justice issues in international business and in China. She has a PhD in finance and international economics from the University of Florida. Part of the Technology, Globalization & Culture Series.