The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy
by: Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw
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The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winnerDaniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, arethose dominant enterprises and industries that form the higheconomic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysisof the new world economy, The Commanding Heights: The Battle BetweenGovernment and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "the individuals, theideas, the conflicts, and the turning points" that are responsible. Andby considering events such as the ongoing Asian monetary crisis,they suggest what the ultimate interconnection of financial marketsmight mean in the future.
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The Pulitzer Prize-wimming author of The Prize joins a leading expert on the global economy to present an incisive narrative of the risks and opportunities that are emerging as the balance of power shifts around the world between governments and markets -- and the battle over globalization comes front and center. The Commanding Heights is essential for understanding the struggle over the "new rules of the game" for the twenty-first century.
The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winnerDaniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, arethose dominant enterprises and industries that form the higheconomic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysisof the new world economy, The Commanding Heights: The Battle BetweenGovernment and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "the individuals, theideas, the conflicts, and the turning points" that are responsible. Andby considering events such as the ongoing Asian monetary crisis,they suggest what the ultimate interconnection of financial marketsmight mean in the future.
Product Description:
The Pulitzer Prize-wimming author of The Prize joins a leading expert on the global economy to present an incisive narrative of the risks and opportunities that are emerging as the balance of power shifts around the world between governments and markets -- and the battle over globalization comes front and center. The Commanding Heights is essential for understanding the struggle over the "new rules of the game" for the twenty-first century.
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- I learned so much
This shows the links and relationships between the various economic theories and the real changes in the world.It shows, most importantly to our security, the relationship between economies and military defense.It shows how the arms race with USSR ultimately brought down the giant and how economy is critical to national security in ability to maintain a large and well-equipped standing army.It also shows how the interconnection of economies in trade agreements and exports and imports undermines ... Read More
Rating: - Great for my economic geography
The book got to me quickly and in perfect condition.I have to read it for my economic geography class.It's interesting to get insight on so many influential events that led to how the markets function today.
Rating: - Excellent economic and geopolitical history
The struggle between governments and markets - the central theme of this book - is still very relevant a decade after it was published. An excellent history of economic changes in the 20th century and a must read for those who want to understand how the general direction and makeup of the world economy is directed by political leaders like Thatcher and Deng and by periodic crisis and historical turning points like the 1970s inflation and oil shocks and the fall of communism and the Asian financial crisis.
Rating: - The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy
A book from Dr. L's class that help to shape my belief in freedom in the marketplace. A very good historical overview of the economics of the middle and late 20th Century. There are wonderful historical explanations of the rise of socialism in the west and communism in the east as well as the two grand economic schools in the west which were the products of Keynes and Hayek.
Rating: - Landmark Book on Globalization and Economic & Trade Policy
If you want to understand globalization, this book is required reading.This book provides a full overview and history of 20th century globalization.It discusses the economic choices that third-world countries were making in order to become integrated into the first and second-world international trade system. It discusses the international financial institutions, the newly industrializing economies, market economic policies vs. state controlled economies, trade liberalization, trade policy decisions, and ... Read More
- I learned so muchThis shows the links and relationships between the various economic theories and the real changes in the world.It shows, most importantly to our security, the relationship between economies and military defense.It shows how the arms race with USSR ultimately brought down the giant and how economy is critical to national security in ability to maintain a large and well-equipped standing army.It also shows how the interconnection of economies in trade agreements and exports and imports undermines ... Read More
- Great for my economic geographyThe book got to me quickly and in perfect condition.I have to read it for my economic geography class.It's interesting to get insight on so many influential events that led to how the markets function today.
- Excellent economic and geopolitical historyThe struggle between governments and markets - the central theme of this book - is still very relevant a decade after it was published. An excellent history of economic changes in the 20th century and a must read for those who want to understand how the general direction and makeup of the world economy is directed by political leaders like Thatcher and Deng and by periodic crisis and historical turning points like the 1970s inflation and oil shocks and the fall of communism and the Asian financial crisis.
- The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World EconomyA book from Dr. L's class that help to shape my belief in freedom in the marketplace. A very good historical overview of the economics of the middle and late 20th Century. There are wonderful historical explanations of the rise of socialism in the west and communism in the east as well as the two grand economic schools in the west which were the products of Keynes and Hayek.
- Landmark Book on Globalization and Economic & Trade PolicyIf you want to understand globalization, this book is required reading.This book provides a full overview and history of 20th century globalization.It discusses the economic choices that third-world countries were making in order to become integrated into the first and second-world international trade system. It discusses the international financial institutions, the newly industrializing economies, market economic policies vs. state controlled economies, trade liberalization, trade policy decisions, and ... Read More
