A refreshing, insightful look into the political and economic dynamics driving globalization todayGlobalization: its earlier than you think. Thats the provocative message of Against the Dead Hand, which traces the rise and fall of the century-long dream of central planning and top-down control and its impact on globalizationrevealing the extent to which the"dead hand" of the old collectivist dream still shapes the contours of todays world economy. Mixing historical narrative, thought-provoking arguments, and on-the-scene reporting and interviews, Brink Lindsey shows how the economy has grown up amidst the wreckage of the old regimedetailing how that wreckage constrains the present and obscures the future. He conveys a clearer picture of globalizations current state than the current conventional wisdom, providing a framework for anticipating the future direction of the world economy. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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