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War or Peace

The Struggle for World Power
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The Pax Americana---the global order established after the collapse of the Soviet Empire---is increasingly being challenged especially by former imperial behemoths China and Russia. There is a growing chorus questioning the so-called 'Washington Consensus' in favour of a 'Beijing Consensus' in economic policy. As the US ceases to be the sole superpower willing and able to maintain a global PAX, today there is an increasing global 'disorder'. This book is a study of the causes and consequences for this disorder, examining alternative claims for a desirable future economic policy.The book argues that the origin of this increasing disorder lie, in part, in the great economic recession of 2008 in the US, which has tarnished the free market based capitalism of the West. It goes on to debate that there are four major imperial systems which are and will be involved in the new 'Great Game' in Eurasia---the US and its European outpost---the EU, China, Russia and India and, potentially, Japan as it seeks to alter its post-war pacifist constitution to act like Britain did for many centuries, as the offshore balancer in the struggle for the mastery of Asia, either as a partner or independent of the US. Their strategic decisions will determine whether we will see a repeat of the past, with another completely unnecessary world war like the First World War, or if they will succeed in eschewing this atavism.

Author Biography:

Deepak Lal is the James S. Coleman Professor Emeritus of International Development Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, professor emeritus of political economy at University College London, and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He was a member of the Indian Foreign Service (1963?-66) and has served as a consultant to the Indian Planning Commission, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, various UN agencies, South Korea, and Sri Lanka. From 1984 to 1987, he was research administrator at the World Bank. He is the author of a number of books, including 'The Poverty of Development Economics'; 'The Hindu Equilibrium'; 'Against Dirigisme'; 'The Political Economy of Poverty', 'Equity and Growth'; 'Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Factor Endowments', 'Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance'; and 'Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the 21st Century'.
Release date NZ
October 4th, 2018
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Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
various
Pages
464
Dimensions
148x224x29
ISBN-13
9780199482122
Product ID
27965031

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