Dr Geoffrey Garrett was for over 30 years a Home Office pathologist. This is his personal memoir, in conjunction with crime journalist Andrew Nott, of many infamous, unusual and heartbreaking cases and a fascinating history of his professional life, giving a unique insight into a pathologist's work. Beginning with a no-holds-barred account of the basic methodology of a post-mortem examination, the book chronicles many memorable cases, including: The discovery of a preserved body on the Yorkshire moors later identified as the first victim of the Moors Murderers The murders of three policemen plus the apprehension of a murderer who turned out to be a policeman's son An examination of sex crimes The Moss: a seminal piece on Manchester's 'Bronx' - Dr Garrett reveals life in the ghetto, the drug gangs and how they operate How a man's face, burned beyond recognition, was reconstructed to help solve a murder Plus examples of many other baffling crimes which were resolved on the pathologist's table.
Geoffrey Garrett challenges the conventional wisdom about the domestic effects of the globalization of markets in the industrial democracies: the erosion of national autonomy and the demise of leftist alternatives to the free market. He demonstrates that globalization has strengthened the relationship between the political power of the left and organized labour and economic policies that reduce market-generated inequalities of risk and wealth. Moreover, macroeconomic outcomes in the era of global markets have been as good or better in strong left-labour regimes ('social democratic corporatism') as in other industrial countries. Pessimistic visions of the inexorable dominance of capital over labour or radical autarkic and nationalist backlashes against markets are significantly overstated. Electoral politics have not been dwarfed by market dynamics as social forces. Globalized markets have not rendered immutable the efficiency-equality trade-off.
The Global Financial Crisis has been a potent reminder for us all of the interconnectedness of the globalised world, and of the interlinkages between economic, political and strategic influence. Its effects have been felt more widely than the September 11 attacks. And its geopolitical consequences have been the subject of close study in many countries. In this Strategy paper, Professor Geoffrey Garrett, the Chief Executive Officer of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, provides an Australian perspective on the crisis and its consequences. His assessment turns upon the 'joined-at-the-hip' relationship between China and America -- the key relationship in the emergence of the crisis, but also in managing the crisis and piloting the global order towards greater stability. He points to a world increasingly dominated by the G2 of China and the United States, but sounds a note of caution that the frictions within that relationship may become more abrasive, with effects across a wide range of political, economic and strategic issues.
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