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The road to global prosperity

Title
The road to global prosperity / Michael Mandelbaum.
Author
Mandelbaum, Michael.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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xxi, 245 pages; 25 cm
Summary
Describes the forces driving the next stage of globalization, which the author predicts will be a period of expanding wealth, opportunity, and international cooperation.
Subject
  • Capitalism
  • International trade
  • International economic relations
  • Economic development
  • Financial crises
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-223) and index.
Contents
The roof. The three pillars of stability -- Major war -- The world's policeman -- The factory manager -- The future of international cooperation -- The gates. Creative destruction -- The politics of trade -- The Asian giants -- Human traffic -- The smell of money -- The river. Money and its discontents -- A drinking binge, a heart attack, and the flu -- An ounce of prevention -- Euro troubles -- The decline of the West -- The BRICs. The building blocks of the future -- Brazil : the perils of populism -- Russia : the resource curse -- India : the dysfunctions of democracy -- China : the limitations of autocracy -- Fault lines.
ISBN
  • 9781476750019
  • 1476750017 (hardcover)
  • 1476750025 (trade pbk.)
  • 9781476750026 (trade pbk.)
  • 9781476750033 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2013039645
  • 99959267313
OCLC
  • ocn861966289
  • 861966289
  • SCSB-9617541
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries