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Dangerous Business: the Risks of Globalization for America
by Pat Choate
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- Hardcover
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- Used; Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307266842
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266842
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About This Item
Used; Very Good. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2008 Hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light shelf wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good . 2008. HARDCOVER.
Synopsis
From one of the most respected and vigorous economic thinkers in Washington, a wake-up call about the perils of unfettered globalization. In this impassioned, prescient book, Pat Choate shows us that while increased worldwide economic integration has some benefits for our fiscal efficiency, it also creates dependencies, vulnerabilities, national security risks, and social costs that now outweigh its advantages. He takes the long view of developments such as technology-driven progress, the offshoring of jobs, and open trade, arguing that current U.S. policies are leading to worldwide economic and political instability, in much the same way as before the Great Depression.Choate writes convincingly about the Defense Department's growing dependence on foreign sources for its technologies, the leasing of parts of our interstate highway system to overseas investors, China's economic mercantilism, and international currency manipulation that damages the dollar. We have been borrowing heavily from foreign lenders, who by 2009 will own more than half of the Treasury debt, a third of U.S. corporate bonds, and a sixth of U.S. corporate assets--all of which, if handled improperly, could trigger a global economic collapse.But our economic forecast need not be dire. Choate sees a way out of these dilemmas and presents politically viable steps the United States can take to remain sovereign, prosperous, and secure. He presents bold new research that identifies the special interests and structural corruption that have overtaken our democracy--and shows how they can be corrected. He illustrates how our policy-making and legislative process, currently beholden to the highest bidder, can be transformed from one of corporatism and elitism into one of greater transparency. Clear-eyed and persuasive, this is sure to be one of the most widely discussed books of the year.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Galveston Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780307266842
- Title
- Dangerous Business: the Risks of Globalization for America
- Author
- Pat Choate
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0307266842
- ISBN 13
- 9780307266842
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Date Published
- 2008
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