Problem: What does Crevald suggest about the impact of MAD and nuclear weapons? Has the dominance of neoliberal economic thinking constained many poor states from following the East Asian model? Does Rodrik agree with Crevald that the decline of the redistributive welfare state has been a big problem with freer trade? Is Stiglitz suggesting that poorer states, willing to compete with each other for MNCs by bending their rules, are engaged in a "race to the bottom "?