Failure to Adjust: How Americans Got Left Behind in the Global Economy (A Council on Foreign Relations Book)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1538104792 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Must-Read Book" according to Michael A. Holt. The author, Edward Alden, was the co-project director of a 2011 Independent Task Force Report on US Trade and Investment Policy sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations. He points out that this report served as one of the foundations for his excellent new book, "Failure to Adust," so some familiarity with that report should also be helpful.The report contains a number of e. Z Reviewer said Spot on analysis and discussion of the right issues.. Another fantastic book by Edward Alden. As with his previous works, he focuses in on the right question and issue: not whether trade is good or bad for the American economy (the wrong/politicized question that dominated this year's presidential campaign) -- but how the overall forces of globalization overall have impacted it. More importantly, he charts a pragmatic -- and attra. Could Be Better Fairly complete but slanted away from one of the biggest cause of the current crises in the United States and the world, the overwhelming power of the largest world corporations, their influence of U.S. and world politics, their manipulation of markets for their own profit, and their lack of concern for human rights. While Alden mentions many of these corporations and their act
If the failure to adjust continues, Alden predicts, the political disruptions of the future will be larger still.. In a new introduction to the paperback edition, Alden addresses the economic challenges now facing the Trump administration, and warns that economic disruption will continue to be among the most pressing issues facing the United States. He tells the story of what went wrong and how to correct the course. The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for many Americans. Originally published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Alden’s book captured the zeitgeist that would propel Donald J. Trump to the presidency. In Failure to Adjust Edward Alden provides a compelling history of the last four decades of US economic and trade policies that have left too manyAmericans unable to adapt to or compete in the current global marketplace
Anthony Lukas Book Prize.. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and the author of The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11 (Harper, 2008), which was a finalist for the J. Edward Alden is the Bernard L
This analysis is very well written and documented and is strongly recommended to anyone interested in international trade and global economic development, especially as national policy pertains to them.Summing Up: Recommended. Part of the analysis deals with state and local governments’ attempts to take advantage of international economic opportunities in the face of insufficient federal commitments. It is a really interesting and detailed assessment, that avoids overly simple diagnoses and prescriptions." (Michael Spenc