A Future Perfect; The Essentials of Globalization - Hardcover

MICKLETHWAIT,John And Wooldridge, Adrian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 043400751X ISBN 13: 9780434007516

Publisher: see notes for publisher info, 2000

Synopsis

The integration of the world economy is re-ordering the lives of ordinary people and redefining politics. From Washington to Beijing, London to Tokyo, Frankfurt to Johannesburg, politicians are increasingly defined in terms of their attitude towards globalization. But as globalization gathers pace, so does the backlash against it. The world`s economics are poised on the brink of the new century -some like America enjoying steady growth, other In the Far East enduring massive recession and facing political crisis. But the forces pushing globalization - the digitalization of information, falling trade barriers, the universalization of successful management techniques - are real enough. How are we as nation states, and individual citizens, going to cope?

About this title

From the Back Cover

“A tremendous book.” —Newsweek

“It is not just that Micklethwait and Wooldridge . . . write gloriously. . . . The book’s substance is what really makes it stand out. . . . Judged in its entirety, with all its ambition and achievement, the book is a spectacular success.” —Foreign Affairs

“[A] compelling, witty discourse . . . To explain how globalization works, and how it came to pass, Micklethwait and Wooldridge take us on an extended world tour.”—Fast Company

“[The authors’] style is familiar to readers of The Economist: smooth, witty, erudite. . . . Their book merits an A.”—USA Today

About the Author

John Micklethwait is the London-based US editor of the Economist; Adrian Wooldridge its Washington correspondent. Their award-winning book on management gurus, The Witch Doctors, was an international bestseller and translated into eight languages

Edition details

• Publisher: see notes for publisher info
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043400751X
• ISBN 13: 9780434007516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 406