From the Ming Dynasty to Ottoman Turkey to Imperial Spain, the Great Powers of the world emerged as the greatest economic, political, and military forces of their time-only to collapse into rubble and memory. What is at the root of their demise-and how can America stop this pattern from happening again? A quarter century after Paul Kennedy's Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane present a bold, sweeping account of why powerful nations and civilizations break down under the heavy burden of economic imbalance. Introducing a profound new measure of economic power, Balance traces the triumphs and mistakes of imperial Britain, the paradox of superstate California, the long collapse of Rome, and the limits of the Japanese model of growth. Most importantly, Hubbard and Kane compare the twenty-first century United States to the empires of old and challenge Americans to address the real problems of our country's dysfunctional fiscal imbalance. Without a new economics and politics of balance, they show the inevitable demise ahead.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781476700250
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168095344
Product Key Features
Author
Glenn Kane, Tim Hubbard
Publication Name
Balance: the Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Economics
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Glenn Kane, Tim Hubbard
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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