Like the United States today, Renaissance Florence and Victorian Britain were the richest, most dynamic economic systems of their times. Yet each succumbed to a fiscal crisis brought on by public debt and taxation and eventually fell into long-term economic decline. Now, public debt and taxation dominate the America policy agenda. Must the United States follow the same dismal pattern of fiscal crisis and economic decline? Mountains of Debt arg...
Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, the bestselling author of Money, Taste & Wine follows Phineas Fogg's itinerary from London to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon.
Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, the bestselling author of Money, Taste & Wine follows Phineas Fogg's itinerary from London to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon.
A contrarian argument on globalization: the reality of globalization is quantitatively and qualitatively different from the images intellectuals, politicians and business leaders promote, and the globalization myth persists because the idea of its invincibility serves many interests.
Globalization is in retreat, but history tells us that this is but a temporary reversal. Globalization will return, but in what form? More cycles of boom and bust? Or can globalization be rebuilt on a more feasible and sustainable platform? These are the compelling questions that Michael Veseth tackles in this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his award-winning book. Veseth shows how pre-crash visions of globalization were based on thr...
Globalization is in retreat, but history tells us that this is but a temporary reversal. Globalization will return, but in what form? More cycles of boom and bust? Or can globalization be rebuilt on a more feasible and sustainable platform? These are the compelling questions that Michael Veseth tackles in this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his award-winning book, illuminating the path to a sustainable global future.
