2014 [Hardback]How to Survive the Next World Crisisby
Usually ships within 3 to 5 working days Description of 2014Top Cambridge public intellectual argues for economic, political reform if the dire events at the opening of the 20th century are not to be repeated. A new world crisis is already looming. By the middle of Obama's second term, or of the first term of his, presumably Republican, successor, America's legacy to the 21st century will be decided. Will it be a century of climatic disaster and war? The roots of the present crisis lie in an unbalanced globalization which has failed to match economic with political integration. False models of nationhood, markets, and empires have hindered the development of global governance. These illusions in turn are part of the ideology of American exceptionalism. If human civilization is to survive the 21st century, that ideology will have to give way to a more realistic acceptance of supranational authorities, and especially of an enhanced IMF and WTO. The banking collapse of 2007-8 calls for a revived understanding of the interdependence of politics and economics. The self-images of nations have lost touch with the realities that determine our lives: it is the world order that now gives us our identity and alone can secure our collective future.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAboutDr Nicholas Boyle is a Fellow of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.Contents of 2014Introduction; Part One - Towards the Great Event; 1. The Great Event: A Numerological Speculation.; 2. What Went Wrong with Globalisation; 3. Nations and Empires; 4. The Religion of America; 5. Living with the Elephant; 6. Saving the World; Part Two - Finding the Way; 7. Three Principles of Political Economy; 8. Global Institutions or a Global Ethic? What's Wrong with Rights?; 9. England Our England. National Identity, Past and Future. |
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