Synopses & Reviews
This revised, extended and updated edition of Robert Solomon's well-received
The Transformation of the World Economy assesses the remarkable changes in the world economy in recent decades. The impact of marketization, of "globalization" in both industry and finance and of increased policy co-ordination as a response at regional and global levels are analyzed, as are the changing philosophies of economic policy in the US, Britain, Western Europe, the USSR, Russia and Eastern Europe, China, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-207) and index.
About the Author
Robert Solomon is Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution and President of RS Associates Inc., the publisher of
International Economic Letter. Table of Contents
Introduction * The Way it was in 1980 * Changing Philosophies of Economic Policy * America and Britain * Adjusting to Shocks in France, Germany and Japan * Economic Interactions and Economic Integration * The Elements of Economic Reform * Chaos and Reform in the Soviet Union and Russia * From Mao Zedong to Zhu Rongji: Economic Reform in China * Other Asia: Dragons, Tigers and an Elephant * Middle East and Africa: Oil, Wealth and Poverty * Democratization and Reform in Latin America * Problems and Promises of an Uncertain Future * Index