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Informationen zum Autor Jr. Wolf Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung "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. This makes him an invaluable source for anyone who seeks to understand economic! political and security issues and trends."--Karen Elliott House! Wall Street JournalWolf's most probing essays! spanning several subjects appears here. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
