This book investigates how neoliberal globalization and the restructuring of capital markets have fundamentally altered labor standards, state policy, and the lives of workers across both developed and developing nations. Editors Debdas Banerjee and Michael Goldfield curate a collection of scholarly essays that challenge the neoliberal assumption that liberalized trade naturally improves labor conditions. By examining the asymmetric consequences of market flexibility, the authors argue that these policies often exacerbate inequality and weaken organized labor, particularly in the United States and India.

Experts identify this volume as a critical resource for students and academics in political economy and comparative labor studies. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the value of its empirical focus on the disparate impacts of globalization on vulnerable populations.