The upside of down
Subtitle: why the rise of the rest is good for the West
By: Charles Kenny
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780465064731
Subjects: Financial crises; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01755654; Weltordnung; Globalization; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Economic aspects
Description: America is in decline, and the rise of the East suggests a bleak future for the world's only superpower--or 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?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Losing an empire and finding a role; title: It's not our fault; title: Biggest doesn't equal best; title: The rise of the rest Is good for the West; title: Will greater wealth destroy the planet?; title: The folly of fortress thinking; title: Global nomads; title: Policies at home to gain from abroad; title: Sustaining global progress; title: Life near the top.