Pietra Rivoli
UCSB Reads selection author discusses "The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy"
When: Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 8 p.m.
Where: UCSB's Campbell Hall, 574 Mesa Rd., Santa Barbara
Cost: Free
Age limit: Not available
Categories: Lectures
Description: A Georgetown University business professor, Rivoli takes audiences on a fascinating trek around the world through her uniquely entertaining business book. She reveals the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt and offers a surprising, enlightening, and balanced look at one of the major topics of our time – globalization. The Philadelphia Inquirer writes, “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is an excellent piece of work – a thorough, lucid and (best of all) honest examination of how politics and economics intertwine in the real world.
Phone: 805-893-3535
Event posted Feb. 19, 2008
Last updated Feb. 22, 2008
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