Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all can prosper.
 In this new book, Thurow examines the newly–forming global economy, with a special focus on the role of the US and the dangers to our own national well–being. He examines such questions as: What's at stake for us in the global economy? Why is it important that the system be equitable and that other countries prosper along with us? What should our goals as a nation be – long term and short term? What are the tough choices that need to be made in our relationship with other countries and world regulatory bodies? What role should we be playing globally? What are the political, economic, social choices / tradeoffs we will have to confront?
 Thurow contends that the huge and growing US trade deficit poses grave dangers to the value of the dollar and is putting our own economy in jeopardy.
 As the world economy leaps national boundaries, its hallmark seems to be a rising instability and a growing inequality between the first and third worlds. Financial crises in the third world come ever more frequently and seem to be ever more severe. The first world economies seem to be in ever more frantic boom and bust cycles. Globalization causes riots throughout the world and is one factor in the rise of terrorism against the West. 
 Thurow shows how some nations, including Ireland and China, have embraced the concept of globalization and placed themselves into a position to prosper with growing and productive national economies. He contrasts their positive actions with Japan, whose leaders have allowed the nation to drift into stagnation and have destroyed its prosperity.
 He argues that this is the time to choose globalization or be left behind, the time to "build a global economy that eliminates the defects," and he provides plenty of ideas for corporations, governments, economists, and citizens to act upon.

Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

Business & Money

Thurow, Lester C.

Economics

Harper Business

The classic text on the post-Cold War economic battle. Starting with the fall of communism, influential economist and former dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management Lester Thurow deftly explores how head-to-head competition -- not military might -- among Japan, the United States, and the newly united European countries would produce the next world leader. As Thurow explains, in the 1990s the race for economic supremacy was only just beginning. In a world no longer governed by two military superpowers, the stage was set for a dramatic shoot-out among the world's most powerful national economies. Using analytical data, key insights, and common sense, Thurow presents a solid economic game plan for the United States to follow in order to win this battle and attain dominance in the global economy.

Head to Head: The Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

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Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all can prosper.
 In this new book, Thurow examines the newly–forming global economy, with a special focus on the role of the US and the dangers to our own national well–being. He examines such questions as: What's at stake for us in the global economy? Why is it important that the system be equitable and that other countries prosper along with us? What should our goals as a nation be – long term and short term? What are the tough choices that need to be made in our relationship with other countries and world regulatory bodies? What role should we be playing globally? What are the political, economic, social choices / tradeoffs we will have to confront? 
 Thurow contends that the huge and growing US trade deficit poses grave dangers to the value of the dollar and is putting our own economy in jeopardy.
 As the world economy leaps national boundaries, its hallmark seems to be a rising instability and a growing inequality between the first and third worlds. Financial crises in the third world come ever more frequently and seem to be ever more severe. The first world economies seem to be in ever more frantic boom and bust cycles. Globalization causes riots throughout the world and is one factor in the rise of terrorism against the West. 
 Thurow shows how some nations, including Ireland and China, have embraced the concept of globalization and placed themselves into a position to prosper with growing and productive national economies. He contrasts their positive actions with Japan, whose leaders have allowed the nation to drift into stagnation and have destroyed its prosperity.

Argues that the only solution to U.S. economic stagnation is the redistribution of income through federal work programs, income tax reform, and repeal of antitrust laws

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change

Viking Pr

The author of The Zero-Sum Society explains how the fall of Communism has changed today's economic picture and created a global economy and how the current economic situation will impact the future. Reprint. Tour.

The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World

Penguin??Books

A leading liberal economist presents a critique of recently ascendant conservative economic theories, arguing that none of these theories offers an accurate picture of economic realities

Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics

Oxford University

A leading liberal economist presents a critique of recently ascendant conservative economic theories, arguing that none of these theories offers an accurate picture of economic realities

Random House, Inc.

An economist constructs models to explain the existing distribution of earnings and wealth in the United States

Generating Inequality Paper

Basic Books

Written during a period of acute economic stagnation in 1980, The Zero-Sum Society discusses the human implications of economic problem solving. Interpreting macroeconomics as a zero-sum game, Thurow proposes that the American economy will not solve its most trenchant problems-inflation, slow economic growth, the environment-until the political economy can support, in theory and in practice, the idea that certain members of society will have to bear the brunt of taxation and other government-sponsored economic actions. As relevant today as it was twenty years ago, The Zero-Sum Society offers a classic set of recommendations about the best way to balance government stewardship of the economy and the free-market aspirations of upwardly mobile Americans.

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

A leading economic theorist analyzes the United States's place in the changing world economy in light of the emergence of an economically united Europe. By the author of The Zero Sum Society. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

William Morrow & Co.

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Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

Head to Head: The Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change

The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World

Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics

Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics

Generating Inequality Paper

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America