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The upside of down : why the rise of the rest is good for the West / Charles Kenny.
Lippincott Library HB3722 .K46 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Financial crises--United States.
- Financial crises.
- United States.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 239 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower: so goes the conventional wisdom. But what if the traditional measures of national status are no longer as important as they once were? What if America's well-being was assessed according to entirely different factors?
- Contents:
- Losing an empire and finding a role
- It's not our fault
- Biggest doesn't equal best
- The rise of the rest Is good for the West
- Will greater wealth destroy the planet?
- The folly of fortress thinking
- Global nomads
- Policies at home to gain from abroad
- Sustaining global progress
- Life near the top.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465064731
- 0465064736
- OCLC:
- 841892915
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