How the west was lost : fifty years of economic folly--and the stark choices ahead / Dambisa Moyo.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2011.Description: xiii, 226 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781846142352 (pbk)
- 1846142350 (pbk)
- 338.922 MOY
- HC59.3 .M69 2011
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WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
BUT IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE?
How The West Was Lost represents a radical wake-up call to a complacent elite. Dambisa Moyo charts how over the last fifty years the most advanced and advantaged countries of the world have squandered their dominant position through a sustained catalogue of fundamentally flawed economic policies. It is these decisions that, along the way, have resulted in an economic and geo-political decline, which is now poised to tip irreversibly in favour China and other emerging economies.
The future for the West looks bleak. However, Moyo outlines the stark choices that political leaders will need to make if they are to stem the tide. By forging closer ties with the emerging economies, rethinking trade barriers, overhauling their tax systems, and specifically addressing the three essential ingredients for growth (capital, labour and technology) it might yet still be possible for the West to get back in the race. Crucially though, Western governments first need to recognize just how critical the situation really is. This book might help them.
PRAISE FOR DEAD AID
'A damning assessment of the failures of sixty years of western development'
Financial Times
'Provocative . . . incendiary . . . a double-barrelled shotgun of a book'
Daily Mail
'Articulate, self-confident and angry . . . this book marks a turning point'
Spectator
'A wonderfully liberating book'
Washington Times
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-212) and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE The Way it Was -- 1. Once Upon a Time in the West -- 2. A Capital Story -- 3. The House of Cards -- 4. Labour Lost -- 5. Giving Away the Keys to the Kingdom -- pt. TWO Back to the Future -- From East to West and Back Again -- 6. A Topsy-Turvy World -- 7. All is not Lost.
This book charts how over the last 50 years the most advanced and advantaged countries of the world have squandered their dominant position through a sustained catalogue of fundamentally flawed economic policies.
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Dambisa Moyo received an undergraduate degree in chemistry and an MBA in finance from American University, an MPA from Harvard University, and a PhD in economics from Oxford University. She was a consultant for the World Bank and an investment banker specializing in emerging markets at Goldman Sachs. She has written several books including Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly--and the Stark Choices Ahead, and Winner Take All: China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World. Her work regularly appears in economic and finance-related publications including the Financial Times, the Economist, and the Wall Street Journal. In 2009, she was named by Time as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World and was named to the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders Forum. In 2012 his title Winner Take All China's Push for Resources and What It Means for the World made The New York Times Best Seller List.(Bowker Author Biography)