In the future, some regions of the world will probably experience vigorous economic growth, while others struggle to survive. Unless the United States recognizes these probabilities and the implications of them, standards of living in this country will continue to decline. This is the warning Johnson gives in this book--an analysis of global economic trends and capital flows that reveals strong regional patterns of development. The work is compelling because it examines the economic behavior of countries with a critical, rather than a diplomatic, eye.