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Edge of chaos : why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth--and how to fix it
\"From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy.\"--Publisher's description.
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The Economic Weapon
The first international history of the emergence of
economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of
this development Economic sanctions dominate the landscape
of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth
century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend
liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an
alternative to war. This view, however, ignores the dark paradox at
their core: designed to prevent war, economic sanctions are modeled
on devastating techniques of warfare. Tracing the use of economic
sanctions from the blockades of World War I to the policing of
colonial empires and the interwar confrontation with fascism,
Nicholas Mulder uses extensive archival research in a political,
economic, legal, and military history that reveals how a coercive
wartime tool was adopted as an instrument of peacekeeping by the
League of Nations. This timely study casts an overdue light on why
sanctions are widely considered a form of war, and why their
unintended consequences are so tremendous.
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Fault Lines
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. InFault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.
Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown--made by bankers, government officials, and ordinary homeowners--were rational responses to a flawed global financial order in which the incentives to take on risk are incredibly out of step with the dangers those risks pose. He traces the deepening fault lines in a world overly dependent on the indebted American consumer to power global economic growth and stave off global downturns. He exposes a system where America's growing inequality and thin social safety net create tremendous political pressure to encourage easy credit and keep job creation robust, no matter what the consequences to the economy's long-term health; and where the U.S. financial sector, with its skewed incentives, is the critical but unstable link between an overstimulated America and an underconsuming world.
InFault Lines, Rajan demonstrates how unequal access to education and health care in the United States puts us all in deeper financial peril, even as the economic choices of countries like Germany, Japan, and China place an undue burden on America to get its policies right. He outlines the hard choices we need to make to ensure a more stable world economy and restore lasting prosperity.
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The Retreat of Western Liberalism
An \"insightful and harrowing\" analysis of the state of Western-style democracy by the Financial Times columnist and author of Time to Start Thinking ( The New York Times ).In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking , Financial Times columnist Edward Luce charted the course of America's economic and geopolitical decline, proving to be a.
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Globalization and growth implications for a post-crisis world
Navigating Globalization and Growth in a Post-Crisis World. This book examines the causes and consequences of the financial crisis and identifies effective strategies for sustained growth and poverty reduction in developing countries.
Explore the implications of globalization in a post-crisis world. Discover how to reconcile global macro stability with the need for developing nations to generate growth. Understand the role of industrial policy, climate change, and demographic shifts in shaping economic outcomes.
* Gain insights into financial regulation and international cooperation.
* Learn about market-driven strategies and countercyclical fiscal policy.
* Understand the challenges and opportunities for developing economies.
For leaders of developing countries, policymakers, academics, and practitioners seeking to foster economic growth and navigate the complexities of globalization, this book offers insightful analysis and actionable recommendations. Edited by Michael Spence and Danny Leipziger.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development
This report aims at documenting and assessing shifts that the COVID-19 crisis has triggered in economies, societies and cooperation in UNCTAD's core areas of work: the integrated treatment of trade and development and interrelated issues in the areas of finance, technology, investment and sustainable development. It will provide lessons learned from this crisis and policy recommendations on what is needed to promote a resilient, inclusive and sustainable recovery and dealing better with future challenges.
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