How to Succeed at Globalization: A Primer for Roadside Vendors

I really enjoyed this book. Fisgon uses comic panels to illustrate the ups and downs of globalization while also provided a very intelligent researched history into it. The book may drone every now and then but it is worth it for the point he is trying to make.

A poor Mexican businessman crosses the Sonoran Desert into United States in search of the career guidance that will show him the way to financial success. He meets a "Career Consultant" who teaches him the history of business and introduces him (and us readers) to the world of colonialism, subsidies, globalization, neoliberalism, the free market, and war. This book tackles some very serious issues in an easy-to-read, and wonderfully illustrated format. It is a great introduction to anyone who is struggling to make sense of the complex world of globalization. A clever ending.

For any American who is curious about how the rest of the world views the political and economic leadership in the US, this book is a great place to start. Both clever and funny, El Fisgòn presents an overview of the history of Capitalism as viewed by those who have benefited from it the least. Economists, surely, would dismiss his views. The poor and the thoughtful, though, even in the US, will sense the truth in it.If you've asked yourself, "Why do they hate us so much?" then this book is for you!If you're involved in or sympathetic to the labor movement, then this book is for you!If you want to understand the worldwide protest against recent US government policy, even from our allies, then this book is for you!If you're confused or curious about the results of globalization and free trade and how they work, then this book is for you!Challenge yourself! Read this book!