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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Grove Art)
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Grove Art)
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If every country depended upon foreign suppliers and customers, the web of mutual dependence would be too strong to break.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Societies can collapse. These texts problematize the idea that conditions of life are inexorably improving; according to Greer, we are moving to a condition that is After Progress (2015). These texts point to the possibility of systemic reversal, some deploying the language of austerity, and show that this is directly affecting people's lives and l
... See moreJohn Urry • What is the Future?
Fredonian demand for foreign capital will reduce investment and credit-fueled consumption abroad and the higher return on capital will otherwise increase foreign savings.
Michael Pettis • The Great Rebalancing
Those that thrive will have figured out how to make governments manage “free” goods in ways that are both sustainable and equitable.