Synopses & Reviews
With grand announcements, recycled promises, and much hype about debt relief by the leaders of the world's rich creditor countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank since 1999, many of us can be forgiven for believing that the debt crisis of the world's poor countries is over. Far from it.
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“[Hertz] navigates this terrain with precision and clarity...her blueprint for development (is) the reason to buy this book.” Publishers Weekly
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“The Silent Takeover raises issues that business and politicans would be unwise to ignore.” Financial Times
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“A thundering polemic...introduces new urgency into the argument for debt-forgiveness.” The Observer
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“(A) timely analysis of the failure to deal with the debt crisis and its devastating repercussions.” The Observer
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“Simple, straight forward and imperative.” The Sunday Herald
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“A trenchant study...a problem that is perceived as vast and intractable is broken down into practical, actionable units.” London Times
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“Fast becoming the central text of the antiglobalization movement.” Christian Science Monitor
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“(An important) engaging new book.” Time magazine
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“A call for a more humane, civilised and honest approach to globalisation.” Big Issue
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“[Hertzs] eloquent call to action deserves the attention of every concerned citizen of our troubled world.” Publishers Weekly
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“Noreena Hertz is one of the worlds leading young thinkers.” Observer
Synopsis
A rising star economist explains what we must do before Third World debt destroys us all.
About the Author
Bestselling author, academic, and broadcaster,
Dr. Noreena Hertz is one of the worlds leading experts on economic globalization and the CIBAM Distinguished Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She has a BA in Bestselling author, academic, and broadcaster,
Dr. Noreena Hertz is one of the worlds leading experts on economic globalization and the CIBAM Distinguished Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She has a BA in Philosophy and Economics from University College London, an MBA in Finance from Wharton, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.
Noreenas critically acclaimed first book, The Silent Takeover, was published in 2001. On "The Sunday Times" business bestseller list for 14 weeks, the book also reached the #12 spot on The Wall Street Journal business bestseller list, was a #1 business bestseller on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk, and held places on bestseller lists in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway for several months. Her latest book, I.O.U.: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It, was published in September 2004 by Fourth Estate in the United Kingdom and will be released by HarperCollins in the United States under the title The Debt Threat: How Debt is Destroying the Developing Worldin January 2005.
Since publication of The Silent Takeover, Noreena Hertz has been voted one of the "Best of Young British" in the "New Statesman;" one of the "Top 35 Women Under 35" in "Management Today;" "One of the 100 most powerful people in London" on the Evening Standard Power List; and "One of the most inspiring women in the world" by "Vogue". She is also one of the "World Economic Forums" "Global Leaders of Tomorrow." In 2002, she was the Visiting Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics and, in 2004, was awarded a prestigious Bellagio Fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation.
Noreenas op-ed pieces have been published in "The Washington Post," "New Statesman," "The Observer," "The San Francisco Chronicle," "The Financial Times," "The Guardian," and leading European broadsheets. She wrote and presented "Channel 4s" curtain-raiser for their coverage of the 2001 British general election--"The End of Politics". She has appeared on all of the flagship television and radio shows from "Question Time" and "Start the Week" to "The Charlie Rose Show" and "Now with Bill Moyers" for PBS in the USA.
In addition to a heavy broadcasting and public speaking schedule, Noreena regularly takes part in debates and panels with leading government ministers, prime ministers, presidents, and public figures. Fellow panellists have included Bill Clinton, Mary Robinson, Charles Clarke, Jeffrey Sachs, Jagdish Bhagwati, and Oliver Letwin.