The social science literature contains competing theories on the relationship between economic globalization and class com- promise. According to supporters of the " strong globalization thesis," over the last few decades many important national- level economic processes have been subsumed into a worldwide " borderless" economy in which global market forces, rather than electorates, now dictate national economic policy. This argument implies that globalization has signie cantly eroded the ability of democratic governance to create a genuine class com- promise. Conversely, supporters of the " weak globalization the- sis" maintain that the strong version of globalization is largely a " myth," and that as a result national economic policy geared towards egalitarianism is still possible. After analyzing changes