Edward Ashbee is Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

A rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the forces that have shaped globalization over the past three decades, critically assessing whether recent developments signal a shift toward “deglobalization” or “slowbalization.”... Ashbee raises critical questions... and contextualizes contemporary economic, political, and technological transformations within a broader historical framework, offering a critical reassessment of globalization’s trajectory and the counterforces that have contested its progress.

• Introduction1. Promises and hopes2. From globalization to "globalism"3. Globalization stalled?4. The uses and abuses of industrial policyConclusion: counting the cost

Edward Ashbee is Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

A rigorous and thought-provoking analysis of the forces that have shaped globalization over the past three decades, critically assessing whether recent developments signal a shift toward “deglobalization” or “slowbalization.”... Ashbee raises critical questions... and contextualizes contemporary economic, political, and technological transformations within a broader historical framework, offering a critical reassessment of globalization’s trajectory and the counterforces that have contested its progress.

• Introduction1. Promises and hopes2. From globalization to "globalism"3. Globalization stalled?4. The uses and abuses of industrial policyConclusion: counting the cost