First-Class Passengers On A Sinking Ship: Elite Politics And The Decline Of Great Powers Richard Lachmann Verso Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General

The Extent And Irreversibility Of Us Decline Is Becoming Ever More Obvious As America Loses War After One Industry Another Its Technological Edge Lachmann Explains Why United States Will Not Be Able To Sustain Global Dominance He Contrasts America\ S Relatively Brief Period Hegemony With Netherlands\ Similarly Short Primacy Britain\ Far Longer Era Leadership In All Those Cases Was Inevitable Did Respond Capitalist Cycles Rather Product Elites\ Success Grabbing Control Resources Governmental Powers Only Are Ordinary People Harmed But Also Capitalists Become Increasingly Unable Coordinate Their Interests Adopt Policies Make Investments Necessary Counter Economic Geopolitical Competitors Elsewhere World Conflicts Among Elites Challenges By Non-Elites Determine Timing Mould Contours Traces Transformation Politics From An Elite Consensus Present-Day Paralysis Combined Neoliberal Plunder Paradox American Military Unprecedented Subdue Even Weakest Enemies Consequences Finance\ Cannibalisation Economy Σελίδες: 496 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1105 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm