Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future: Volume 2

Author:   G. Kolodko
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137465764


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   05 November 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   G. Kolodko
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137465764


ISBN 10:   113746576
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   05 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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PART II: THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES: WHICH PREVAIL? 8. The Social and Ecological Limits to Growth 9. One more Völkerwanderung 10. The Poor and the Rich 11. Salvation in Technological Progress? 12. Information Trumps All, or the Role of Wisdom, Know-how and Skills 13. Before Peace Breaks Out PART III: ESCAPING FORWARD 14. An Asian Era with the Euro-Atlantic Civilization as a Background? 15. The New Pragmatism, or an Economics of Moderation 16. In for a Happy Ending?

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In this compelling volume, Dr. Grzegorz Kolodko combines academic expertise and a distinguished record of government service during crucial periods of Poland's economic reforms. Ranging across genres and never shying from controversy, he has written a useful contribution to the literature on economics, social change, and 21st-century world order.' Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Nobel Peace Laureate Grzegorz Kolodko is one of the most acute observers of the international economy, based on long experience both as a practitioner and as an academic. His writings are always an important starting point for debate and discussion about the political economy of globalization. Prof. Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University, USA Professor Kolodko - the best established in the world Polish economist from whom we can learn new ideas - surprises again. After thorough 'Truth, Errors, and Lies', in his new book he reaches into the future. This is not another forecast, but a knowledgeable exercise and intellectual adventure touching the most important challenges faced by the mankind. He is right that the best way to solve the current difficulties is through attacking the long-term problems. Prof. Nouriel Roubini, New York University, USA In his latest book Wither the World Grzegorz Kolodko, having completed in the first two volumes of his trilogy a tour de force theorisation of the state of the world and its evolution, addresses the even more challenging exploration of the future. His is not, and could not be, a rash and arbitrary prediction, nor a horoscope, but an exploration of feasible, desirable futures on the assumption that mankind will pursue an approach of rational pragmatism . This is therefore not a trivial exercise in crystal-ball-gazing but an important contribution to the construction of a better world. Professor Mario D. Nuti, London Business School, UK & Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy


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Professor Grzegorz W. Kolodko (www.volatileworld.net), intellectual and politician, a key architect of Poland's successful reforms, the founder and Director of TIGER Center – Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research at the Kozminski University, Warsaw, is the author of international bestsellers 'From Shock to Therapy: The Political Economy of Postsocialist Transformation' and 'Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatile World'. His books and papers have been translated in 25 languages. He is a marathon runner and a globetrotter who's explored over 160 countries.

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