Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century
Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century: A Middle Way Between West and East is a book published in 2012 by the investor and philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen and the editor and writer Nathan Gardels. It argues that Western democracies have become stymied by populism and short-term thinking, while authoritarian Eastern nations, notably China, need to bolster their meritocratic but authoritarian systems with the popular legitimacy characteristic of Western polities. The book was first published in English and later translated into Spanish, Portuguese and other languages. Contents. The book's conclusion, "Survival of the Wisest