2014 : how to survive the next world crisis /

Boyle, Nicholas, 1946-

2014 : how to survive the next world crisis / Two thousand and fourteen Nicholas Boyle. - 180 pages ; 20 cm

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Part One - Towards the Great Event / 1. The Great Event: A Numerological Speculation / 2. What Went Wrong with Globalisation / 3. Nations and Empires / 4.The Religion of America / 5. Living with the Elephant / 6. Saving the World / Part Two - Finding the Way / 7. Three Principles of Political Economy / 8. Global Institutions or a Global Ethic? What's Wrong with Rights? / 9. England Our England. National Identity, Past and Future.

A new world crisis is already looming. By 2014, our generation's legacy to the twenty-first century will be decided. Will it be a century of climatic disaster and war? The roots of the present crisis lie in an unbalanced globalization which has failed to match economic with political integration. False models of nationhood, markets, and empires have hindered the development of global governance. If human civilization is to survive the twenty-first century, current ideologies will have to give way to a more realistic acceptance of supranational authorities, and especially of an enhanced IMF and


English

9781441169365 1441169369


Financial crises.
International cooperation.
Globalización
Crisis financiera
Cooperación internacional
Cambio social
Problemas sociales
Internacionalismo


Electronic books.

JZ 1318 / B792t 2012

327.17