"This is a very important book."--Martin Wolf, Financial TimesA provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award "Worth reading for [the authors'] insights into the history of trade and finance."--George Melloan, Wall Street Journal Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today's trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought-provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace--and what we can do about it.

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Klein, Matthew C., Pettis, Michael

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Brandywine River Museum

Mariners' Museum, The

United States, United States of America

New Haven ; London, 2020

Illustrated, PT, 2020

New Haven, CT, 2020

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<DIV><B>Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers</B><BR /><BR /><B>“The authors weave a complex tapestry of monetary, fiscal and social policies through history and offer opinions about what went right and what went wrong . . . Worth reading for their insights into the history of trade and finance.”—George Melloan, </B><I><B>Wall Street Journal</B></I><BR /><BR /><B>"This is a very important book."—Martin Wolf, </B><I><B>Financial Times</B></I><BR /><BR /> Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today’s trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought†‘provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace—and what we can do about it.<BR /><BR /> Longlisted for the 2020 <I>Financial Times</I> & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and named a Best Business Book of 2020 by <I>Strategy Business</I></DIV>

A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workersTrade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today’s trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought-provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace—and what we can do about it.

A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers
Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees.
Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today’s trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought-provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace—and what we can do about it.

Las disputas comerciales generalmente se entienden como conflictos entre países con intereses nacionales competidores, pero como muestran Matthew C. Klein y Michael Pettis en este libro, a menudo son el resultado inesperado de las decisiones políticas internas para servir a los intereses de los ricos a expensas de los trabajadores y los jubilados. Klein y Pettis rastrean los orígenes de las guerras comerciales actuales a las decisiones tomadas por políticos y líderes empresariales en China, Europa y Estados Unidos en los últimos treinta años. En todo el mundo, los ricos han prosperado mientras que los trabajadores ya no pueden permitirse comprar lo que producen, han perdido sus empleos o se han visto obligados a tener mayores niveles de deuda. Los autores proporcionan una narrativa cohesionada que muestra cómo las guerras de clases de creciente desigualdad son una amenaza para la economía global y la paz internacional, y lo que podemos hacer al respecto

2020-06-02