Losing control

Losing control: the emerging threats to western prosperity

by King, Stephen D.

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Argues that the future will bring major redistribution of wealth and power around the world, which will result in social and political consequences in the United States and Europe, when the population that is accustomed to living in prosperity must stop living beyond their means.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Losing control : the emerging threats to western prosperity / Stephen D. King.

Summary

Argues that the future will bring major redistribution of wealth and power around the world, which will result in social and political consequences in the United States and Europe, when the population that is accustomed to living in prosperity must stop living beyond their means.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Yale University Press
  • Place of Publication:New Haven
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxi, 279 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780300154337, 030015433X, 9780300236941, 0300236948
  • DOI:10.12987/9780300154337
  • oclc:ocn761193040
  • LC Classification:HC59.3
  • Dewey Decimal:330.9

Table of Contents

pt. 1. SCARCITY AND HISTORY. Wimbledon, the Olympics of scarcity -- The secrets of Western success -- pt. 2. BROKEN ECONOMIC BAROMETERS. The pleasures and perils of trade -- International roulette : Anarchy in capital markets -- Price stability brings economic instability -- pt. 3. THE RETURN OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. Haves and have-nots -- Who controls what? The rise of state capitalism -- Running out of workers -- pt. 4. GREAT POWER GAMES. Indulging the US no more -- Coping with the West's diminished status.

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Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development Conditions économiques developing countries Developing countries -- Economic policy Economic history Economic policy Économie internationale Pays en développement Pays occidentaux Politique économique Stabilité économique Western countries Western countries -- Economic condition… Western countries -- Economic policy

Writers

King, Stephen D.

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