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The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy, and the Future of American Power
A leading forecaster of economic and political trends takes a sharp look at the decline of American influence in the world, and how it can prepare for the new reality.
The age of American global dominance is ending. Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge its cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the pow...more
The age of American global dominance is ending. Today, a host of forces are converging to challenge its cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and foreign policies have steadily eroded the pow...more
ebook, 256 pages
Published
April 10th 2012
by Palgrave Macmillan
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While occasionally bogging me down in geopolitical detail, the author offers some excellent background and reasons that Congress really does need to act decisively and soon as American power around the world continues its slow decline. In his prescriptions I think he misses a critically important piece: that peeps need to start informing themselves, supporting, and voting for peeps who are committed to serving their country, not an extreme base. Because the extreme bases, left and right, are the...more
A disturbing especially for those who haven't been following the mess in Washington. I especially recommend this book for highschool seniors and college freshmen who are not up on their current affairs and who do not want to wade through the noise of political talk shows, policy journals or editorials. Moran lays down our current economic and geo-political situation. The one thing I've learned from tutoring younger kids in my family is that they do not want to be talked down to. This American ge...more
Mar 31, 2013
Dan
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Jun 09, 2012
Brian Judd
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Apr 23, 2012
Gil
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