This book questions whether it is possible for globalization to be reversed and constructs a model for anticipating this potential development in future years. The first part focuses on the preliminary problems of globalization, constructing a model (or index) of its various phases of evolution. It then goes on to consider four problems which represent the principle worries of middles classes when considering globalization: terrorism, inequality, immigration and political representation. It depicts a scenario for the coming years in which globalization may slow down, or fall back altogether, taking care to describe the mechanism whereby either situation would happen.

Antimo Verde is Associate Professor of International Economics and of Economic Policy at the Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy and was previously Professor of International Economics at Luiss University, Rome, Italy. He has been a member of the Economic Advisors Group of the Italian Prime Minister and in the Italian Treasury Department. He is the author of many books, articles and papers.