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We have seen many empires come and go. From the Roman Empire to the British Empire, we are now witnessing the decline of the US as a superpower. How do economic innovations foster global economic dominance, and how does the natural evolution of an economic empire eventually bring about its demise and replacement by other economic superpowers?
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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From 10,000 B.C. to 1776 — The Discovery of Economies of Scale
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A Second Industrial Revolution
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Front Matter
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The New Mercantilists
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Aspiring Nations
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About the author
COLIN READ is a columnist and the author of a number of books for the academic and popular press on economic issues. He is a Professor of Economics and Finance at the State University of New York, USA. He has worked in Indonesia for the Harvard Institute for International Development, and at the Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Housing Studies. This is his fourth English language book. His previous titles include: Global Financial Meltdown – How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis; The Fear Factor – What Happens When Fear Grips Wall Street and co-edited and co-authored The International Taxation Handbook.
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Book Title: The Rise and Fall of an Economic Empire
Book Subtitle: With Lessons for Aspiring Economies
Authors: Colin Read
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230297074
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27370-2Published: 29 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32417-0Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29707-4Published: 29 September 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 294
Topics: Banking, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Economics, general, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Economic History, Business Finance