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Zero-Sum Solution

By: Lester Thurow

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The author of the bestseller The Zero Sum Society now tells us what we must do to remain a world-class economy at a time when other countries have outpaced us in growth, productivity and entrepreneurship.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671628143

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9780671628147

Fortune Favors the Bold

What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

By: Lester C. Thurow

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What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

By: Lester C. Thurow

Bestselling author and renowned economist Lester Thurow argues forcefully that globalization is not a done deal and we must seize the moment now if we are to create a new global economy in which all can prosper. In this new book, Thurow examines the newly–forming global economy, with a special focus on the role of the US and the dangers to our own national well–being. He examines such questions as: What's at stake for us in the global economy? Why is it important that the system be equitable and that other countries prosper along with us? What should our goals as a nation be – long term and short term? What are the tough choices that need to be made in our relationship with other countries and world regulatory bodies? What role should we be playing globally? What are the political, economic, social choices / tradeoffs we will have to confront? Thurow contends that the huge and growing US trade deficit poses grave dangers to the value of the dollar and is putting our own economy in jeopardy. As the world economy leaps national boundaries, its hallmark seems to be a rising instability and a growing inequality between the first and third worlds. Financial crises in the third world come ever more frequently and seem to be ever more severe. The first world economies seem to be in ever more frantic boom and bust cycles. Globalization causes riots throughout the world and is one factor in the rise of terrorism against the West. Thurow shows how some nations, including Ireland and China, have embraced the concept of globalization and placed themselves into a position to prosper with growing and productive national economies. He contrasts their positive actions with Japan, whose leaders have allowed the nation to drift into stagnation and have destroyed its prosperity. He argues that this is the time to choose globalization or be left behind, the time to "build a global economy that eliminates the defects," and he provides plenty of ideas for corporations, governments, economists, and citizens to act upon.

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Zondervan

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0061743984

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9780061743986

The Zero-Sum Society

Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

By: Lester C Thurow

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The Zero-Sum Society

Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

By: Lester C Thurow

Written during a period of acute economic stagnation in 1980, The Zero-Sum Society discusses the human implications of economic problem solving. Interpreting macroeconomics as a zero-sum game, Thurow proposes that the American economy will not solve its most trenchant problems-inflation, slow economic growth, the environment-until the political economy can support, in theory and in practice, the idea that certain members of society will have to bear the brunt of taxation and other government-sponsored economic actions. As relevant today as it was twenty years ago, The Zero-Sum Society offers a classic set of recommendations about the best way to balance government stewardship of the economy and the free-market aspirations of upwardly mobile Americans.

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Basic Books

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0465011594

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9780465011599

The Zero-Sum Society

Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

By: Lester C. Thurow

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The Zero-Sum Society

Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

By: Lester C. Thurow

The Zero-Sum Society is a piercing analysis of the social implications of economic policy and a classic work of economic problem solving."--BOOK JACKET.

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0465085881

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Head to Head

The Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

By: Lester C. Thurow

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The Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America

By: Lester C. Thurow

The classic text on the post-Cold War economic battle. Starting with the fall of communism, influential economist and former dean of MIT's Sloan School of Management Lester Thurow deftly explores how head-to-head competition -- not military might -- among Japan, the United States, and the newly united European countries would produce the next world leader. As Thurow explains, in the 1990s the race for economic supremacy was only just beginning. In a world no longer governed by two military superpowers, the stage was set for a dramatic shoot-out among the world's most powerful national economies. Using analytical data, key insights, and common sense, Thurow presents a solid economic game plan for the United States to follow in order to win this battle and attain dominance in the global economy.

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Harper Collins

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0061882070

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9780061882074

Fortune Favors the Bold

What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

By: Lester C. Thurow

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What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity

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Zondervan

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Building Wealth

The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge Based Economy

By: Lester C. Thurow

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Building Wealth

The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge Based Economy

By: Lester C. Thurow

Explores current global economics, explaining the basic adjustments that the future will demand and the traits necessary for prosperity

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HarperBusiness

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0887309518

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Zero-Sum Solution

Zero-Sum Solution

Fortune Favors the Bold

Fortune Favors the Bold

The Zero-Sum Society

The Zero-Sum Society

The Zero-Sum Society

The Zero-Sum Society

Head to Head

Head to Head

Fortune Favors the Bold

Fortune Favors the Bold

Building Wealth

Building Wealth

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