Liberalism has become the dominant approach to international political economy since the end of the Cold War. Discuss the evidence that proves this dominance and also discuss the positives and the negatives of the liberalist orientation of the global economy.
The discussion below is going to elaborate on the dominance of the Liberal in the international political economy (IPE) by expanding on the liberal approach, IPE and its elements, Liberal IPE perspective, the Cold War, positives and criticisms of the Liberal approach
Liberalism
Liberalism began around World War II; it is a creation of the collapse of feudalism and evolution of a market place. (Heywood 2007). Liberals are optimistic about human nature because human beings are …show more content…
This region is named after a small town in Luxemburg and the named after Schengen Agreement in June 1985 with the objectives being the unrestricted movement of merchandises and belongings, information, currency and society. This area promises free movement inside a geographical area that consists of 25 states and has 400 million citizens. People within this area are able to travel from one country within the region to another without being required to produce their passports at the border, they can buy goods from one country and not have to worry about the exchange rate or the tariffs that need to be paid for bringing in goods into a country, Article 48 et seq. of the Convention implementing the Schengen agreement contains rules designed to facilitate mutual assistance in criminal matters the people are all governed by the same laws. (Toth …show more content…
The criticism is that there is an elementary notion for example that there is always the presence of sensible economic actors in a competitive market which is unlikely. Secondly, the habits of assuming that there is always equality and justice or fairness in the outcome of economic activity but unfortunately within liberal economics there isn’t such a thing as equal the distribution of wealth. Thirdly, its assumed that an exchange is always at liberty the individual who has the valued good and take places in a competitive market among equals possessing equipped with the relevant information and are consequently empowered to mutually gain from the exchange if they choose to trade one value for another and this is challenged by Charles Lindblom, he states that an trade transaction is rarely free and equal but is instead characterised by intimidation and negotiating power factors such monopolies in the market. Fourthly, is that it is assumed that institutional structures are and the technology stay the same and that isn’t true for the reason that they are considered to be a set of ever changing set of limitations and prospects inside which profitable decisions and compromises are taken. (Gilpin