Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth-and How to Fix It
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ISBN: 0465097464 / Publisher: Basic Books, April 2018
A call for aggressively overhauling liberal democracy shows why economic growth is essential to global stability and presents a radical blueprint for stimulating growth and ensure the survival of democracy in the 21st century. By the "New York Times" best-selling author of "Dead Aid" and " Winner Take All." 40,000 first printing.
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From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds -- from aging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens. Hobbled by short-term thinking and ideological dogma, democracies risk falling prey to nationalism and protectionism that will deliver declining living standards. In Edge of Chaos, Dambisa Moyo shows why economic growth is essential to global stability, and why liberal democracies are failing to produce it today. Rather than turning away from democracy, she argues, we must fundamentally reform it. Edge of Chaos presents a radical blueprint for change in order to galvanize growth and ensure the survival of democracy in the twenty-first century.
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