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Losing control : the emerging threats to western prosperity / Stephen D. King.
LIBRA HC59.3 .K56 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, Stephen D., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic policy.
- Economic conditions.
- Western countries--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Western countries.
- Western countries--Economic policy.
- Developing countries--Economic policy.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Scarcity And History
- Chapter 1 Wimbledon, the Olympics and Scarcity 3
- Chapter 2 The Secrets of Western Success 25
- Part 2 Broken Economic Barometers
- Chapter 3 The Pleasures and Perils of Trade 47
- Chapter 4 International Roulette: Anarchy in Capital Markets 67
- Chapter 5 Price Stability Brings Economic Instability 93
- Part 3 The Return Of Political Economy
- Chapter 6 Haves and Have-nots 125
- Chapter 7 Who Controls What? The Rise of State Capitalism 149
- Chapter 8 Running out of Workers 173
- Part 4 Great Power Games
- Chapter 9 Indulging the US No More 199
- Chapter 10 Coping with the West's Diminished Status 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300154320
- 0300154321
- OCLC:
- 449854349
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