The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World - Couverture souple

Yergin, Daniel; Stanislaw, Joseph

 
9780684848112: The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0684848112 ISBN 13 : 9780684848112
Editeur : Touchstone, 1999

Synopsis

Privatization is possibly the most powerful force in the world economy at the end of the 20th century, redefining the relationship between state and marketplace. Taking a global perspective, this text shows how a revolution in ideas is transforming the world economy.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The most powerful force in the world economy today is the redefinition of the relationship between state and marketplace - a process that goes by the name of privatization though this term is inadequate to express its far-reaching changes. We are moving from an era in which governments sought to seize and control the 'commanding heights' of the economy to an era in which the idea of free markets is capturing the commanding heights of world economic thinking. Basic views of how society ought to be organized are undergoing rapid change, trillions of dollars are changing hands and so is fundamental political power. Great new wealth is being created - as are huge opportunities and huge risks. Taking a worldwide perspective, including Britain, where the process began with Mrs Thatcher, Europe and the former USSR, China, Latin America and the US, THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS shows how a revolution in ideas is transforming the world economy - why it is happening, how it can go wrong and what it will mean for the global economy going into the twenty-first century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Daniel Yergin is a writer of international renown and president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a leading firm on political risk and economic analysis. He is consulted by ministers, politicians, CEOs and investors around the world. Joseph Stanislaw is a leading international economic advisor and commentator on markets and politics. He is MD of Cambridge Energy and Research Associates, head of Global Research and Director of its European office in Paris.

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Éditeur
Touchstone
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0684848112
ISBN 13 
9780684848112
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
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Personne responsable
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