The Travels Of A T-shirt In The Global Economy: An Economist Examines The Markets, Power, And Politics Of World Trade

"Engrossing . . . (Rivoli) goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner . . . full of memorable characters and vivid scenes."
--"Time"

"An engaging and illuminating saga. . . . Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale. . . . Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic."
--"The New York Times"

"Rarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Pietra Rivoli's "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" is just such a page-turner."
--"CIO" magazine

"Succeeds admirably . . . T-shirts may not have changed the world, but their story is a useful account of how free trade and protectionism certainly have."
--"Financial Times"

"[A] fascinating exploration of the history, economics, and politics of world trade . . . "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" is a thought-provoking yarn that exhibits the ugly, the bad, and the good of globalization, and points to the unintended positive consequences of the clash between proponents and opponents of free trade."
--"Star-Telegram" (Fort Worth)

"Part travelogue, part history, and part economics, "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" is ALL storytelling, and in the grand style. A must-read."
--Peter J. Dougherty, Senior Economics Editor, Princeton University Press author of "Who's Afraid of Adam Smith?"

"A readable andevenhanded treatment of the complexities of free trade . . . As Rivoli repeatedly makes clear, there is absolutely nothing free about free trade except the slogan."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"

"The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy" takes the reader on a fascinating, around-the-world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory to a used clothing market in Africa, to investigate compelling questions about the politics, economics, ethics, and history of modern business and globalization. Using the story of the t-shirt to illustrate the major issues of the globalization debate, this uniquely entertaining business book offers a surprising, enlightening, and balanced look at one of the major topics of our time.

Prize or Award Business Book of the Year 2005, Finalist AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006