No mystery surrounds the 2008 financial crisis and its enduring aftermath, according to finance and economics professor Michael Pettis; it is a direct result of global capital and trade imbalances that have accumulated over time. The common misconception is that trade or country…
It's good to be king, but, these days, it's tough to be number one. The US, which created an unprecedented global political system out of the ashes of World War II, suddenly found that its previously unassailable position became assailable after all with the advent of President …
Nesta obra ambiciosa, o historiador Ian Morris argumenta que a forma pela qual as sociedades obtêm a energia da natureza acaba determinando os seus valores. Quando muda a capacidade de obtenção de energia por parte de uma sociedade, os seus valores mudam também. Morris aborda tr…
In this ambitious treatise, historian Ian Morris argues that how societies get fuel for energy from the environment determines their values. When a society's ability to capture energy changes, its values change. Morris tracks three major societal systems: Foragers came first, th…
