Balance
The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America
Published on 20. May 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-4767-0026-7 (ISBN)
Description
Two economists explain why financial imbalance causes civil collapse--and why America could be next. From the Roman Empire to the Ming Dynasty to Imperial Spain, the superpowers of the world have grown to become the greatest economic, political, and military forces of their time--only to collapse.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Figures; Maps; Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4767-0026-7 (9781476700267)
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E-Book
05/2013
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
€15.81
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Persons
Glenn Hubbard is the dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and the former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He is a frequent contributor to Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, as well as PBS’s The Nightly Business Report and American Public Media’s Marketplace. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.