Outrageous fortunes
Subtitle: the twelve surprising trends that will reshape the global economy
By: Daniel Altman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780805091021
Subjects: Economic forecasting
Description: Examines twelve trends the author believes will have a major influence in the years following the global economic downturn of the early twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: China will get richer, and then it will get poorer again; title: The European Union will disintegrate as an economic entity; title: The new colonialism will leave colonizers and colonized worse off in the long term; title: Changing immigration policies in rich countries will worsen the brain drain from poor countries, even as they get richer; title: The backlash against capitalism won't last, but it won't be replaced by political stability, either; title: Americans will become the world's sales force; title: As the global economy integrates, the middleman will win; title: The collapse of the World Trade Organization will unlock new gains from trade; title: A new set of lifestyle hubs will replace today's business hubs; title: An enormous financial black market will arise outside of traditional centers; title: Global warming will make rich countries cleaner and richer and poor countries dirtier and poorer; title: The structure of political institutions will stop the world from solving its biggest problems.