The Lure of Economic Nationalism

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LSE Review of Books Kenneth Reinert's insightful analysis reveals the resurgence of economic nationalism in a post-World War II world that once favored multilateralism. This return, reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, risks economic welfare, global health, and international relations, exacerbating ethnic tensions as seen in the current Ukraine crisis.- Nature "The state has an important role in economic development as demonstrated by successfully devel-oped countries such as South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. However, when the state pursues eco-nomic nationalism outside this developmental context, economic welfare can be set back. Kenneth A. Reinert's The Lure of Economic Nationalism vividly illustrates this danger." - Yong-Shik Lee, Di-rector and Professorial Fellow, The Law and Development Institute A beeline from Hirschman's forgotten book to today's perilous plight of multilateralism. Kenneth Reinert's rigorous analysis is matched only by his erudition. And it is a page turner too." - Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School Reinert provides a meticulous analysis of unilateralism, ethno-nationalism and the pitfalls of zero-sum economic thinking and envisages meaningful alternatives such as multilateralism and civic nationalism- LSE Review of Books