Overview
In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial decisions and blinkered political and military choices have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world. As Western economies hover on the brink of recession, emerging economies post double-digit growth rates. And whereas in the past, emerging economies lived and died by America's economic performance, now they look to other emerging countries to buy their goods and fuel their success. Formerly a consultant for the World Bank and an investment banker specializing in emerging markets at Goldman Sachs, Moyo daringly claims that the West can no longer afford to simply regard the up-and-comers as menacing gate-crashers. How the West Was Lost reveals not only the economic myopia of the West but also the radical solutions that it needs to adopt in order to assert itself as a global economic power once again.
Full Product Details
Author: Dambisa Moyo ,
Flosnik, Anne
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9798200098408
Publication Date: 17 February 2011
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"[Flosnik] applies her signature posh British accent to Moyo's work [with] her competent, mostly straight delivery.-- ""AudioFile"" ""Moyo's diagnosis of the recent disasters in financial markets is succinct and sophisticated...I applaud her brave alarm against our economic and social complacency: her core concerns are sufficiently close to painful truths to warrant our attention."" -- ""Observer (London)"" ""The sad saga of the recession gives legs to Dambisa Moyo's provocatively-entitled book, for it goes to the heart of the great economic issue of our times: how swiftly will power shift over this century?"" -- ""Independent (London)"" ""We [in the West] have alienated trading partners and are colluding in the decline of our own prosperity, says Moyo, who sets out strategies for weighting the political seesaw back to our advantage."" -- ""Times (London)"""
Author Information
"Dambisa Moyo is a prize-winning economist and author of the New York Times bestsellers Winner Take All, How the West Was Lost, and Edge of Chaos. She was named one of the ""100 Most Influential People in the World"" by Time magazine. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. She earned a PhD in economics from Oxford University and master's degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Anne Flosnik, a seasoned audiobook narrator, has over four hundred titles to her credit and several awards and distinctions, including AudioFile Earphones Awards, a USA Today Recommended Listening selection, an AudioFile ""Best Narration of the Year"" selection in 2009, and the American Library Association's Special Services to Children Award. She has also been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an award-winning British actress with lead credits on stage, on television, and in commercials and voice-overs."
