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A guide to the intractable public debate about the vices and virtues of globalization, revealing the fault lines that divide us and the points of agreement that might bring us together.

Globalization has lifted millions out of poverty. Globalization is a weapon the rich use to exploit the poor. Globalization builds bridges across national boundaries. Globalization fuels the populism that is tearing the world apart.

When it comes to the politics of free trade and open borders, the camps are dug in, producing a tangle of claims and counterclaims, unlikely alliances, and unexpected foes. But what exactly are we fighting about, and is it really so hard to find points of agreement? Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp cut through the confusion with an indispensable survey of the interests, logics, and ideologies driving these intractable debates, which lie at the heart of so much political dispute and decision making. The authors guide us through six competing narratives about the virtues and vices of globalization: the old establishment view that globalization benefits everyone, the pessimistic belief that it threatens us all with pandemics and climate change, and several accounts focused on globalization's diverse winners and losers, from China to the American Midwest.

Six Faces of Globalization gives all these positions their due, showing how each deploys sophisticated arguments and substantial evidence. Roberts and Lamp don't aim to settle the debate: both globalization's boosters and detractors will come away with their eyes opened. Rather than pick sides, the authors isolate the fundamental value conflicts-growth versus sustainability, efficiency versus social stability-driving disagreement and show where rival narratives actually converge. It turns out there is still hope for consensus and policy breakthroughs.

Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why It Matters