The rise and fall of an economic empire : with lessons for aspiring economies / Colin Read.

Author/creator Read, Colin, 1959-
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Economic history.
Commerce--History.
United States--Economic conditions.

Contents Introduction -- Part I: From 10,000 B.C. To 1776 -- The Discovery Of Economies Of Scale -- An Economic Prehistory to Economic Emperors -- Barter, Economic Emperors, and the Decentralized Marketplace -- Specialization and Surpluses -- The First Industrial Revolution -- Colonialism Puts Sugar in Our Tea -- Part II: A Second Industrial Revolution -- A Declaration of Economic Independence -- An Economic Bill of Rights -- Dominance Through Economics -- Private Solutions to Public Problems -- Part III: The New Mercantilists -- The Consumer as King -- A New Colonialism Dependency Economics -- Part IV: Aspiring Nations -- Transfer of Technology -- Economic Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery -- Heckscher, Ohlin, and Two Billion -- Hungry and Willing to Work for Change -- Part V: Growing Pains -- Complex Economic Systems -- Herding Cats and Chaos Theory -- Too Big to Fail -- Private Property Gives Way to the Public Good -- The Winner's Curse Part -- VI: A New Economic Order -- The Politics of a Consumption Economy -- Gradual economic Marginalization -- A New Economic Order -- Convergence -- Part VII: From Where Have We Come, And Where Will We Go? -- The Dance of Demographics -- Steady State and Sustainability -- Economic Darwinism and Dinosaurs -- Prescriptions for Relevance -- Conclusions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010027555
ISBN9780230273702 (hardback)
ISBN023027370X (hardback)
Standard identifier# 3430441

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Joyner General Stacks HC21 .R39 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold