From Global to Local
The Making of Things and the End of Globalization

This book was approachable, readable, and doubtless had useful insights. The central thesis, however—that all trends, according to Livesey, point to a retrenchment of economies and a shift back toward localised production for localised markets—could have been expounded in an article less than one-te......more

Interesting approach though it is still to be seen if global trade vs global GDP growth is the correct value to measure (de)globalization. However, for those is the west that have lost massive employment on the last years it gives some future hope though it is clear the companies will never employ a......more

Un libro sobre la globalización. Fácil de leer y didáctico.Toca quizá demasiados temas, y lo hace brevemente, aunque quizá eso lo hace interesante y ameno. Temas como: la deslocalización de empresas, la impresión 3D, el futuro de la industria, la economía circular, la industria 4.0, el transporte in......more

Another book which announces that it will change the way we see the world. The problem is that it doesn't. The author points to some upcoming trends in manufacturing (the decreasing share of labour costs due to robotisation, 3D manufacturing) to argue that production will increasingly become local a......more

The book makes a good case as to why the days of globalization might just be over. I specially enjoyed the beginning of the book that explains how rationale for importing of goods in western world are still driven by pre-industrial economic theories of John Smith and Ricardo David. And why it is a g......more