Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy ...

Description: Product Description : Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize A provocative look at how todays trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workersThe 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 financeGeorge Melloan Wall Street JournalThis is a very important bookMartin Wolf Financial TimesTrade 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 todays 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 thoughtprovoking 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 peaceand what we can do about itLonglisted for the 2020 Financial Times McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and named a Best Business Book of 2020 by Strategy Business( it is an used product )

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