Balance : the economics of great powers from ancient Rome to modern America

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, R. Glenn

Publication/Creation:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Balance : the economics of great powers from ancient Rome to modern America / Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Kane, Tim, 1971-

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Economics--Political aspects
Political science--Economic aspects
Balance of power--Economic aspects
Economic history--Political aspects

Description/Summary

Summary:

A quarter century after Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane present a bold, sweeping account of why powerful nations and civilizations break down under the heavy burden of economic imbalance. Introducing a profound new measure of economic power, Balance traces the triumphs and mistakes of imperial Britain, the paradox of superstate California, the long collapse of Rome, and the limits of the Japanese model of growth. Most importantly, Hubbard and Kane compare the twenty-first-century United States to the empires of old and challenge Americans to address the real problems of our country's dysfunctional fiscal imbalance. If there is not a new economics and politics of balance, they show that there will be an inevitable demise ahead.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 351 page : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990033041410302486

ISBN:

1476700257 (hbk.)
1476700273 (ebk.)
9781476700250 (hbk.)
9781476700274 (ebk.)

OCLC Number:

828143785

Barcode:

010002599805