The book puts forward a set of solutions to the problems facing the world that combines new multilateral institutions with tougher corporate regulation and a more progressive attitude towards migration.

• The book was launched at a Fabian debate in Edinburgh, on the eve of the Make Poverty History march, with International Development Secretary Hilary Benn and Justin Buhanga of African Diaspore: Voices for African Development

The members of the Fabian Globalisation Group are:

• Craig Bennett – Senior Campaigner on Corporate Accountability at Friends of the Earth
• Bob Deacon – Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield
• John Evans – General Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Ricardo Gottschalk – Fellow in the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
• Stephany Griffith-Jones – Professorial Fellow in the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
• David Held – Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics
• Alan Hudson – Committee Specialist for the International Development Select Committee of the House of Commons (writing in a personal capacity)
• Russell King – Professor and Co-Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex
• Adam Lent – Co-ordinator of the Fabian Globalisation Group
• James B. Quilligan – Director of the Brandt 21 Forum
• Martin Shaw – Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex
• Mark Thomson – Research Officer in the Sussex Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex

"An important contribution to the globalisation debate – rich in ideas and policy implications"

—Noreena Hertz