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When all too many so-called experts see things as they wish they were, Charles Wolf analyze facts to provide genuine insights into the past, present and future
List of contents
I: Economic Forecasts and the Changing Global Economy; 1: Nonaccountability Among the Experts; 2: The Ebb of Neo-Mercantilism; 3: Pitfalls of Public Policy: Strategic Trade Policy and Industrial Policy; 4: Glib Rhetoric, Loose Thinking; 5: Taxes, Trade, and Growth; 6: Global Competition for Long-Term Capital: Who Will Win?; 7: What’s Behind the Weak Dollar?; 8: Who Really Needs a Country Anymore?; 9: Why Asia Will Matter More Than Europe; 10: Clintonomics versus Reaganomics; 11: Social Capital and Economic Performance; 12: “Downsizing,” Corporate Responsibility, and the Trade-Off Between Efficiency and Equity; II: Economic Power and Military Power; 13: Competing Priorities in the Post-Cold War Era; 14: Military Power, Economic Power, and a Less Disorderly World; 15: Economics and Security in Central Europe; 16: Economic Instruments, Military Instruments, and National Power; 17: Arms, Trade, and a Less Disorderly World; 18: Gun Control at Home, Decontrol Abroad; 19: Nixon’s View of the World; 20: Where the Disorderly World is Heading; III: The Economies of Japan and China; 21: Dissecting the Japanese Problem with “Occam’s Razor”; 22: Resuming the Protracted U.S.-Japan Economic Debate; 23: Clearing the Fog Over U.S.-Japan Economic Relations; 24: The Strong Yen of a Weakened Economy; 25: Sense and Nonsense About Dealing with Japan; 26: China’s Enlarged Economy; 27: Asia’s Rise Will Advance U.S. Prosperity; 28: The United States and Japan: “Revisionism” Revisited; 29: Rivalry and Disputes Among the Big Three; IV: Transforming the Russian and Ukrainian Economies; 30: Transforming Command Economies into Market Economies: Problems, Solutions, Obstacles; 31: The Ingredients of Transforming Command Economies; 32: Democracy and Free Markets; 33: Some Hopeful Signs amidst the Commonwealth’s Economic Travails; 34: Limited Optimism Rather Than Boundless Pessimism About the Russian Economy; 35: Two are Better Than One; 36: The Question of Soviet Aid; 37: Aiding Russia and Ukraine; 38: To Privatize, Randomize; 39: Swapping Debt for Equity in Russia
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Summary
When all too many so-called experts see things as they wish they were, Charles Wolf analyze facts to provide genuine insights into the past, present and future
