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| daniel rothkopf superclass: Superclass David Rothkopf, 2008-03-18 Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the history of our time. Today's superclass has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. They have globalized more rapidly than any other group. But do they have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen, as nationalist critics have argued? They control globalization more than anyone else. But has their influence fed the growing economic and social inequity that divides the world? What happens behind closeddoor meetings in Davos or aboard corporate jets at 41,000 feet? Conspiracy or collaboration? Deal-making or idle self-indulgence? What does the rise of Asia and Latin America mean for the conventional wisdom that shapes our destinies? Who sets the rules for a group that operates beyond national laws? Drawn from scores of exclusive interviews and extensive original reporting, Superclass answers all of these questions and more. It draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our everyday lives. It is the first in-depth examination of the connections between the global communities of leaders who are at the helm of every major enterprise on the planet and control its greatest wealth. And it is an unprecedented examination of the trends within the superclass, which are likely to alter our politics, our institutions, and the shape of the world in which we live. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Power Inc David Rothkopf, 2012-02-28 The rise of the corporate supercitizen and the consequences for society Only about thirty countries possess the powers usually associated with sovereign nations. The rest can’t actually defend their borders, govern their finances independently, or meet the basic needs of their people. In this provocative and persuasive new book, David Rothkopf calls these others semistates and argues that they’re much less powerful than hundreds of corporate supercitizens. A multitude of facts demonstrates the reach of the modern corporation. Walmart has revenues greater than the GDP of all but twenty-five nations. The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, controls $3.3 trillion, almost as much as the currency reserves held by China and Japan combined. Corporations in Third World countries routinely hire mercenary armies to enforce their will, and in some cases (such as Shell in Nigeria), they control the politicians as well. Striking a balance between public and private power has become the defining challenge for all societies. In Power, Inc., Rothkopf argues that the decline of the state is irreversible. The way forward is to harness corporate resources in the service of individual nations to forge a radically new relationship between the individual and the institutions that govern our lives. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Great Powers Thomas P.M. Barnett, 2010-02-02 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Pentagon's New Map, a bold, trenchant analysis of the post-Bush world In Great Powers, New York Times bestselling author and prominent political consultant Thomas Barnett provides a tour-de-force analysis of the grand realignments in the post-Bush world-in the spheres of economics, diplomacy, defense, technology, security, the environment, and more. The great powers are no longer just the world's nation- states, but the most powerful and dynamic influences on the global stage, requiring not simply a course correction, but a complete recalibration. Globalization as it exists today was built by America- and now, Barnett says, it's time for America to shape and redefine what comes next. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Avoiding Trivia Daniel W. Drezner, 2009-11-01 After World War II, George Kennan became the State Department's first director of policy planning. Secretary of State George Marshall's initial advice to Kennan: above all, avoid trivia. Concentrate on the forest, not the trees, and don't lost sight of the big picture. Easier said than done. Avoiding Trivia critically assesses the past, future, and future role and impact of long-term strategic planning in foreign policy. Strategic planning needs to be a more integral part of America's foreign policymaking. Thousands of troops are engaged in combat while homeland security concerns remain. In such an environment, long-term coordination of goals and resources would seem to be of paramount importance. But history tells us that such cohesiveness and coherence are tremendously difficult to establish, much less maintain. Can policy planners—in the Pentagon, the State Department, Treasury, NSC, and National Intelligence Council—rise to the challenge? Indeed, is strategic planning a viable concept in 21st century foreign policy? These crucial questions guide this eye-opening book. The contributors include key figures from the past few decades of foreign policy and planning—individuals responsible for imposing some sort of order and strategic priority on foreign policy in a world that changes by the minute. They provide authoritative insight on the difficulties and importance of thinking and acting in a coherent way, for the long term. Contributors: Andrew P. N. Erdmann, Peter Feaver, Aaron L. Friedberg, David F. Gordon, Richard N. Haass, William Inboden, Bruce W. Jentleson, Steven D. Krasner, Jeffrey W. Legro, Daniel Twining, Thomas Wright, Amy B. Zegart. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Kié a magyar állam? Drábik János, 2021-04-23 Ma azért folyik az elkeseredett küzdelem, hogy kié Magyarország és kié a magyar állam. A pénzkartellé és hálózatáé, vagy pedig a magyar nemzet érdekeit a választók túlnyomó részének akaratából képviselő nemzeti kormányé? 2010-ben a nemzetközi pénzkartell szolgálatában álló kozmopolita-komprádor-kollaboráns pénzügyi technokrata réteg, amely a Kádár-korszak pártállami nómenklatúrájának utóda, internacionalista-kommunistából kozmopolita-globalista lett. Ez a posztkommunista hatalmi csoport egyelőre elveszítette a politikai szféra irányítását. A politikai döntéshozatal átkerült ahhoz a magyar nemzeti középosztályhoz, amely még rendelkezik kellő felkészültséggel és nemzettudattal, hogy érvényesíteni tudja a magyar nemzet megmaradásához szükséges érdekeket és értékeket. Ez a nemzeti elkötelezettségű középosztály a rendkívül erős belső és külső ellenállást leküzdve látott hozzá az égető magyar sorskérdések megoldásához. Miközben a magyar munka termelékenysége átlagban eléri a nyugat-európai munkaerő termelékenységének a 70 százalékát, addig a magyar munkaerő átlagbére mindössze a nyugat-európai munkaerő átlagbérének 20–30 százaléka. Kérdés: ki teszi zsebre a 40–50 százalék teljesítménykülönbség után járó munkabért? Ebből az extraprofitból a multinacionális cégek magántulajdonosainak (végső soron az államok feletti pénzkartellnek mint végső tulajdonosnak) fel kellene emelnie a magyarországi béreket. A nagyobb bérek növelnék nemcsak az állam bevételeit, de olyan fizetőképes keresletet jelentenének, ami mozgásba hozhatná az egész magyar gazdaságot, annak minden szektorát. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies Mark Juergensmeyer, Saskia Sassen, Manfred B. Steger (ǂd), 2019 Since the end of the Cold War, globalization has been reshaping the modern world, and an array of new scholarship has risen to make sense of it in its various transnational manifestations-including economic, social, cultural, ideological, technological, environmental, and in new communications. The chapters discuss various aspects in the field through a broad range of approaches. This handbook focuses on global studies more than on the phenomenon of globalization itself, although the various aspects of globalization are central to understanding how the field is currently being shaped |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Ebook: Sociology: A Brief Introduction Schaefer, 2014-10-16 Ebook: Sociology: A Brief Introduction |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Black Box Society Frank Pasquale, 2015-01-05 Every day, corporations are connecting the dots about our personal behavior—silently scrutinizing clues left behind by our work habits and Internet use. But who connects the dots about what firms are doing with all this information? Frank Pasquale exposes how powerful interests abuse secrecy for profit and explains ways to rein them in. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: As Gods Among Men Guido Alfani, 2025-04-22 In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!—Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century A sweeping narrative that shows how the rich historically justified themselves by helping their societies in times of crisis, why they no longer do, and what that may mean for social stability The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval thinkers feared that the super-rich would act 'as gods among men’; much more recently Thomas Piketty made wealth central to discussions of inequality. In this book, Guido Alfani offers a history of the rich and super-rich in the West, examining who they were, how they accumulated their wealth and what role they played in society. Covering the last thousand years, with frequent incursions into antiquity, and integrating recent research on economic inequality, Alfani finds—despite the different paths to wealth in different eras—fundamental continuities in the behaviour of the rich and public attitudes towards wealth across Western history. His account offers a novel perspective on current debates about wealth and income disparity. Alfani argues that the position of the rich and super-rich in Western society has always been intrinsically fragile; their very presence has inspired social unease. In the Middle Ages, an excessive accumulation of wealth was considered sinful; the rich were expected not to appear to be wealthy. Eventually, the rich were deemed useful when they used their wealth to help their communities in times of crisis. Yet in the twenty-first century, Alfani points out, the rich and the super-rich—their wealth largely preserved through the Great Recession and COVID-19—have been exceptionally reluctant to contribute to the common good in times of crisis, rejecting even such stopgap measures as temporary tax increases. History suggests that this is a troubling development—for the rich, and for everyone else. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Six Crises of the World Economy José A. Tapia, 2023-12-27 This book is about the crises of the world economy that have occurred from the 1970s to the present day. It makes the specific case that the global economy has experienced six crises during this 50-year period. Crises of the global economy are periods of substantial slowdown in world economic activity—as measured by investment, industrial production, trade, or unemployment—in which many national economies are technically in recession. To pose the existence of crises of the global economy implies that the world economy is a real entity with its own dynamics; it implies also that the usual approach that views national economies as the appropriate units of economic analysis has major limitations. The author provides data illustrating the global and regional manifestations of these crises of the world economy, elaborates on the concepts of world economy and economic crisis, and discusses the theories that have been used to explain them. The book shows how these recurrent global crises are discrete, countable phenomena, distinct states of an entity that can be appropriately referred to as the world or global economy, or world capitalism. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Apocalypse Secrets John Able, 2022-06-21 Apocalypse Secrets: Baha'i Interpretation of the Book of Revelation with 60 illustrations is a fresh provocative Parallel Interpretation of the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation. The author, John Able MD, is a retired intensive-care physician. He uses Baha'i Writings that interpret parts of the Apocalypse to decode it as a global tale of three millennia now passing through four centuries of the events of religious end-times. It is a tale of the struggles of seven Empires and seven Faiths, of their materialism and militarism, and the resulting mess into which the world is now crescendoing furiously and fast. These events center on the apocalyptic war waging between the Revelation beast of Muslim Militarism that drives the Middle East and the Revelation Babylon of Malignant Materialism that drives the Christian West. The fall of both is inevitable, with economic crises spiraling the globe into a paralytic depression, now triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. The good news is that spiritual economics will arise and our painful end times into wonderful beginning times. Apocalypse Secrets is a profound and astonishing work in biblical exegesis-a real tour de force as a strikingly original, scholarly, remarkably holistic, comprehensive, and rationally consistent interpretation of the Book of Revelation. Able intelligently probes and penetrates many of the great religious mysteries, and cogently argues that Revelation extends far beyond its strictly Middle East Christic origin. It transcends religious dogma, bridges religious faiths, and explains nineteen hundred years of troubling events in Christianity and Islam with amazing clarity and prescience. It is amazingly detailed and thorough. The author's stylish rhetoric is colorful and alive and his book beautifully crafted and researched, making for an engaging, enlightening, and thought-provoking read. In the end, a scholarly Translation Section decodes original Greek and Hebrew sources. Its strikingly lively translation sticks to the intention of the Greek original. It provides an authoritative base for his distinctive Parallel Interpretation. For anyone striving to penetrate the hidden secrets of the Apocalypse, Apocalypse Secrets is a must reading. This exceedingly interesting book will influence many future works about the subject and become a template of understanding and peace for all. After they read it, people who are interested in prophecy will never look at the Book of Revelation the same again. Visit www.apocalypse.info for more. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Heterarchy in World Politics Philip G. Cerny, 2022-12-30 Heterarchy in World Politics challenges the fundamental framing of international relations and world politics. IR theory has always been dominated by the presumption that world politics is, at its core, a system of states. However, this has always been problematic, challengeable, time-bound, and increasingly anachronistic. In the 21st century, world politics is becoming increasingly multi-nodal and characterized by heterarchy – the coexistence and conflict between differently structured micro- and meso quasi-hierarchies that compete and overlap not only across borders but also across economic-financial sectors and social groupings. Thinking about international order in terms of heterarchy is a paradigm shift away from the mainstream competing paradigms of realism, liberalism, and constructivism. This book explores how, since the mid-20th century, the dialectic of globalization and fragmentation has caught states and the interstate system in the complex evolutionary process toward heterarchy. These heterarchical institutions and processes are characterized by increasing autonomy and special interest capture. The process of heterarchy empowers strategically situated agents — especially agents with substantial autonomous resources, and in particular economic resources — in multi-nodal competing institutions with overlapping jurisdictions. The result is the decreasing capacity of macro-states to control both domestic and transnational political/economic processes. In this book, the authors demonstrate that this is not a simple breakdown of states and the states system; it is in fact the early stages of a structural evolution of world politics. This book will interest students, scholars and researchers of international relations theory. It will also have significant appeal in the fields of world politics, security studies, war studies, peace studies, global governance studies, political science, political economy, political power studies, and the social sciences more generally. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Incorporating Architects Aaron Cayer, 2025-06-03 By the end of the twentieth century, US architecture and engineering firms held more capital than entire countries, employed more people than were housed in most cities, and rented offices in more nations than comprised the UN. Within them, architects were designing not single buildings but urban systems, including the multinational infrastructures, legal codes, and financial mechanisms on which those systems came to depend. However, despite the extraordinary power of these architects, their histories remain shrouded in myth and concealed—by design. This forensic analysis traces a history of architects at one such firm, AECOM, as they assembled their own multinational corporation and embedded themselves in the operations of American empire after World War II, shielding themselves from the instabilities of a postwar political economy. Incorporating Architects reveals how architects, through their businesses more than their drawings or buildings, modulated the political economy, gripped the reins of their profession, and produced the global injustices that define our neoliberal present. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Dumb Money Daniel Gross, 2009-04-14 The author, who writes the Money culture column at Newsweek, examines the financial meltdown of 2008. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics Daniel Woodley, 2017-11-27 Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics is concerned with the nature of corporate power against the backdrop of the decline of the West and the struggle by non-western states to challenge and overcome domination of the rest of the world by the West. This book argues that although the US continues to preside over a quasi-imperial system of power based on global military preponderance and financial statecraft, and remains reluctant to recognize the realities global economic convergence, the age of imperial state hegemony is giving way to a new international order characterized by capitalist sovereignty and competition between regional and transnational concentrations of economic power. This title seeks to interrogate the structure of world order by examining leading approaches to globalization and political economy in international relations and international political economy. Breaking with the classical school, Woodley argues that geopolitics should be understood as a transnational strategic practice employed by powerful state actors, which mirrors predatory corporate rivalry for control over global resources and markets, reproducing the structural conditions for corporate power through the transnational state form of capital. In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and economic instability this title provides an authoritative yet accessible commentary on debates on capitalism and globalization in the wake of the financial crisis. It is valuable resource for students and scholars seeking to develop a deeper understanding of the historical determinants of the changing dynamics of neoliberal capitalism and their implications for world order. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb, 2019-05-24 This up-to-date introduction to the complex world of conspiracies and conspiracy theories provides insight into why millions of people are so ready to believe the worst about our political, legal, religious, and financial institutions. Unsupported theories provide simple explanations for catastrophes that are otherwise difficult to understand, from the U.S. Civil War to the Stock Market Crash of 1929 to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Ideas about shadowy networks that operate behind a cloak of secrecy, including real organizations like the CIA and the Mafia and imagined ones like the Illuminati, additionally provide a way for people to criticize prevailing political and economic arrangements, while for society's disadvantaged and forgotten groups, conspiracy theories make their suffering and alienation comprehensible and provide a focal point for their economic or political frustrations. These volumes detail the highly controversial and influential phenomena of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in American society. Through interpretive essays and factual accounts of various people, organizations, and ideas, the reader will gain a much greater appreciation for a set of beliefs about political scheming, covert intelligence gathering, and criminal rings that has held its grip on the minds of millions of American citizens and encouraged them to believe that the conspiracies may run deeper, and with a global reach. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Ideas Industry Daniel Drezner, 2017-03-01 The public intellectual, as a person and ideal, has a long and storied history. Writing in venues like the New Republic and Commentary, such intellectuals were always expected to opine on a broad array of topics, from foreign policy to literature to economics. Yet in recent years a new kind of thinker has supplanted that archetype: the thought leader. Equipped with one big idea, thought leaders focus their energies on TED talks rather than highbrow periodicals. How did this shift happen? In The Ideas Industry, Daniel W. Drezner points to the roles of political polarization, heightened inequality, and eroding trust in authority as ushering in the change. In contrast to public intellectuals, thought leaders gain fame as single-idea merchants. Their ideas are often laudable and highly ambitious: ending global poverty by 2025, for example. But instead of a class composed of university professors and freelance intellectuals debating in highbrow magazines, thought leaders often work through institutions that are closed to the public. They are more immune to criticism--and in this century, the criticism of public intellectuals also counts for less. Three equally important factors that have reshaped the world of ideas have been waning trust in expertise, increasing political polarization and plutocracy. The erosion of trust has lowered the barriers to entry in the marketplace of ideas. Thought leaders don't need doctorates or fellowships to advance their arguments. Polarization is hardly a new phenomenon in the world of ideas, but in contrast to their predecessors, today's intellectuals are more likely to enjoy the support of ideologically friendly private funders and be housed in ideologically-driven think tanks. Increasing inequality as a key driver of this shift: more than ever before, contemporary plutocrats fund intellectuals and idea factories that generate arguments that align with their own. But, while there are certainly some downsides to the contemporary ideas industry, Drezner argues that it is very good at broadcasting ideas widely and reaching large audiences of people hungry for new thinking. Both fair-minded and trenchant, The Ideas Industry will reshape our understanding of contemporary public intellectual life in America and the West. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Global Criminal and Sovereign Free Economies and the Demise of the Western Democracies Robert J. Bunker, Pamela Ligouri Bunker, 2014-09-15 Much has been written about the many economic benefits of globalization and the triumph and spread of democratic liberalism with the end of the Cold War, following the demise of the Soviet Union. This work takes issue with such wine and roses perspectives about the future of the Western democracies and their faith-based views on the moral purity of a globalized marketplace. It also questions many of the assumptions found in the status quo reinforcing discipline of international political economy (IPE)—a discipline that focuses on the formal and legitimate economies and the façade they present that international relations and commerce is still dominated and dictated solely by the old Westphalian state centric system. Having highlighted these concerns, this book looks at two major themes. The first theme focuses on the theoretical perception that a Dark Renaissance is taking place globally—one in which the Western liberal democracies and its citizens are ill prepared to respond because it exists at the trans-civilization level, bridging the modern to the post-modern world. The second theme focuses on the actual process of state deconstruction that is taking place. This process is leading to what may become the very undoing of the democracies. Drawing together experts from a variety of backgrounds, this work explores the increasing shift away from formal based capitalism and evaluates through case studies how different states are responding to the challenges they face. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of international political economy. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: How to Rule the World André de Guillaume, 2005 Everyone wants to rule the world, but only a precious few have the skills to create an ironclad plan of attack. Simple, direct, and delightfully unprincipled, this guide contains tales of global power mongering from every age and endeavors to show dilettante dictators and tyrants-to-be just how it's done. Tips are provided on creating a personal flag, what type of puppet government to establish, how to squelch free speech, and, most important, how to handle enemies. Also included are humorous full-color illustrations, sidebars on admirable despots, and self-quizzes that allow readers to see if they have what it takes to conquer the world. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Great Brain Race Ben Wildavsky, 2012-08-26 Reveals how international competition for university students is impacting higher education and explains the benefits of this competition, which allows students to choose from diverse educational settings and programs. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization Philip Mader, Daniel Mertens, Natascha van der Zwan, 2020-02-05 Financialization has become the go-to term for scholars grappling with the growth of finance. This Handbook offers the first comprehensive survey of the scholarship on financialization, connecting finance with changes in politics, technology, culture, society and the economy. It takes stock of the diverse avenues of research that comprise financialization studies and the contributions they have made to understanding the changes in contemporary societies driven by the rise of finance. The chapters chart the field’s evolution from research describing and critiquing the manifestations of financialization towards scholarship that pinpoints the driving forces, mechanisms and boundaries of financialization. Written for researchers and students not only in economics but from across the social sciences and the humanities, this book offers a decidedly global and pluri-disciplinary view on financialization for those who are looking to understand the changing face of finance and its consequences. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Fear of Insignificance Carlo Strenger, 2011-01-15 In The Fear of Insignificance Carlo Strenger diagnoses the wide-spread fear of the global educated class of leading insignificant lives. Making use of cutting-edge psychological, philosophical, sociological, and economic theory, he shows how these fears are generated by infotainment’s craze for rating human beings. The book is a unique blend of an interpretation of the historical present and a poignant description of contemporary individual experience, anxiety, and hopes, in which Strenger makes use of his decades of clinical experience in existential psychotherapy. Without falling into the trap of simplistic self-help advice, Strenger shows how a process he calls active self-acceptance, together with serious intellectual investment in our worldviews, can provide us with stable identity and meaning. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Disordered Minds Ian Hughes, 2018-09-28 Disordered Minds offers a compelling and timely account of the dangers posed by narcissistic leaders, and provides a stark warning that the conditions in which this psychopathy flourishes - extremes of social inequality and a culture of hyper-individualism - are the hallmarks of our present age. 'An excellent account of how malignant narcissism is evident in the lives of the great dictators, and how the conditions in which this psychopathy flourishes have returned to haunt us.' Dr Kieran Keohane, editor of The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: From Wealth to Power Fareed Zakaria, 1999-07-26 Beautifully conceived; dazzlingly executed . . . The book casts a bright light on the past and the future―and the future of international politics. —Kenneth N. Waltz, Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University In From Wealth to Power, New York Times-bestselling author Fareed Zakaria examines the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history—that of the United States. If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century? By 1885, the U.S. was the richest country in the world. And yet, by all military, political, and diplomatic measures, it was a minor power. To explain this discrepancy, Zakaria considers a wide variety of cases between 1865 and 1908 when the U.S. considered expanding its influence in such diverse places as Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Iceland. Consistent with the realist theory of international relations, he argues that the President and his administration tried to increase the country's political influence abroad when they saw an increase in the nation's relative economic power. But they frequently had to curtail their plans for expansion, he shows, because they lacked a strong central government that could harness that economic power for the purposes of foreign policy. America was an unusual power--a strong nation with a weak state. It was not until late in the century, when power shifted from states to the federal government and from the legislative to the executive branch, that leaders in Washington could mobilize the nation's resources for international influence. Zakaria's exploration of this tension between national power and state structure will change how we view the emergence of new powers and deepen our understanding of America's exceptional history. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations Samuel W. Bodman, Julia Sweig, James D. Wolfensohn, 2011 July 12, 2011-Over the course of a generation, Brazil has emerged as both a driver of growth in South America and as an active force in world politics. A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)-sponsored Independent Task Force report asserts that it is in the interest of the United States to understand Brazil as a complex international actor whose influence on the defining global issues of the day is only likely to increase.Brazil currently ranks as the world's fifth-largest landmass, fifth-largest population, and expects to soon be ranked the fifth largest economy. The report, Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations, recommends that U.S. policymakers recognize Brazil's standing as a global actor, treat its emergence as an opportunity for the United States, and work with Brazil to develop complementary policies.The Task Force is chaired by former secretary of energy Samuel W. Bodman and former president of the World Bank James D. Wolfensohn, and directed by CFR Senior Fellow and Director for Latin America Studies, and Director of the Global Brazil Initiative Julia E. Sweig.Recognizing Brazil's global role, the report recommends that the Obama administration now fully endorse the country's bid for a seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It argues that a formal endorsement from the United States for Brazil would go far to overcome lingering suspicion within the Brazilian government that the U.S. commitment to a mature relationship between equals is largely rhetorical.Domestically, Brazil's inclusive growth has translated into a significant reduction of inequality, an expansion of the middle class, and a vibrant economy, all framed within a democratic context. Consequently, Brazil has been able to use its economic bona fides to leverage a stronger position in the international, commercial, and diplomatic arena.The report stresses the importance of regular communication between the presidents of both countries. Cooperation between the United States and Brazil holds too much promise for miscommunication or inevitable disagreements to stand in the way of potential gains. A mature, working relationship means that the United States and Brazil can help each other advance mutual interests even without wholesale policy agreements between the two, notes the report.The Task Force further recommends that- the U.S. Congress include an elimination of the ethanol tariff in any bill regarding reform to the ethanol and biofuel tax credit regime.- the United States take the first step to waive visa requirements for Brazilians by immediately reviewing Brazil's criteria for participation in the Visa Waiver Program.- the U.S. State Department create an Office for Brazilian Affairs and the National Security Council (NSC) centralize its efforts under a NSC director for Brazil in order to better coordinate the current decentralized U.S. policy.The bipartisan Task Force includes thirty distinguished experts on Brazil who represent a range of perspectives and backgrounds. The report includes a number of additional views by Task Force members, including one that notes, We believe that a more gradual approach [regarding Brazil's inclusion as a full UNSC member] would likely have more success in navigating the diplomatic complexities presented by U.S. support for Brazil. Another view asserts, If the United States supports, as the Obama administration has said it does, leadership structures in international institutions that are more reflective of international realities, it must support without qualifications Brazil's candidacy [for the UNSC]. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Plutocratic Insurgency Reader Robert J. Bunker, 2019-07-23 Plutocratic insurgency represents an emerging form of insurgency not seen since the late 19th century Gilded Age. It is being conducted by high net worth globalized elites allowing them to remove themselves from public spaces and obligations—including taxation—and to maximize their ability to generate profits transnationally. It utilizes ‘lawyers & lobbyists’ and corruption, rather than armed struggle—though mercenaries may be employed—to create shadow governance in pursuit of plutocratic policy objectives. Ultimately, this form of insurgency is representative of the challenge of 21st century predatory and sovereign-free capitalism to 20th century state moderated capitalism and its ensuing public welfare programs and middle class social structures. It can be viewed as a component of ‘Dark Globalization’ that, along with the emergence of criminal insurgency, is now actively threatening the public institutions and citizenry of the Westphalian state form. This important and groundbreaking Small Wars Journal book is composed of over thirty readings by fifteen contributors. |
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| daniel rothkopf superclass: Higher Education in the Global Age Daniel Araya, Peter Marber, 2013-11-20 Discussions on globalization now routinely focus on the economic impact of developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and Latin America. Only twenty-five years ago, many developing countries were largely closed societies. Today, the growing power of “emerging markets” is reordering the geopolitical landscape. On a purchasing power parity basis, emerging economies now constitute half of the world’s economic activity. Financial markets too are seeing growing integration: Asia now accounts for 1/3 of world stock markets, more than double that of just 15 years ago. Given current trajectories, most economists predict that China and India alone will account for half of global output by 2050 (almost a complete return to their positions prior to the Industrial Revolution). How is higher education shaping and being shaped by these massive tectonic shifts? As education rises as a geopolitical priority, it has converged with discussions on economic policy and a global labor market. As part of the Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies series, this edited collection focuses on the globalization of higher education, particularly the increasing symbiosis between advanced and developing countries. Bringing together senior scholars, journalists, and practitioners from around the world, this collection explores the relatively new and changing higher education landscape. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Africa in the New World Jakkie Cilliers, 2008 The world is currently experiencing a massive change in the balance of power as influence and industry shift from the West to the East. Whilst African developments will not become a substantive driver and factor in global scenarios in the next two or three decades, the importance of the region will steadily increase. This monograph looks at key shifts that will determine the future of Africa in the world. The first four 'megatrends' constitute those external developments that will impact upon Africa and over which it has little control, namely the global shift of power from West to East, the impact of climate change, globalisation, and state power and interdependence and complexity. The second set of 'African variables' reflects domestic developments: Africa's population dynamics, trade, democratisation/ governance, and peace and stability. Collectively the two sets of factors provide a glimpse of the possible emerging futures for the continent. Africa's future will be determined by its leadership and the choices that are made by Africa's elected and unelected Big Men -- not by the size of their ideas, but in the example they set in the daily decisions about contacts, conflict of interest and democratic accountability. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Investment State David Stoesz, 2018-06-25 Historically, the welfare state of the 20th century, which was built on the foundation of an industrial economy, seems poorly adapted to a 21st-century information age. Socially, profound demographic shifts--especially an aging population, increasing numbers of women in the labor force, and surging immigration--pose challenges for traditional programs. Economically, the legacy of social entitlements, which has been addressed through deficit spending, is untenable insofar as they squeeze out essential discretionary programs. Politically, the demise of the Left, signified by Brexit, the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, and less successful populist movements in Europe and Australia, continues a conservative vector in social policy. The confluence of these factors increases the likelihood of reform of a nation's social infrastructure. The Investment State provides a template for future social policy, which can be adapted to cities, states, nations, and international trade agreements. It serves as a sequel to the author's previous book, The Dynamic Welfare State (OUP, 2016)--which included a theory of welfare state decline--by envisioning a new paradigm for social programs. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Great Leveler Walter Scheidel, 2025-05-20 How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world. Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The Four Horsemen of leveling—mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues—have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future. An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent—and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Social Inequality and Social Stratification in U.S. Society Christopher Doob, 2015-08-27 Social Inequality – examining our present while understanding our past. Social Inequality and Social Statification in US Society, 1st edition uses a historical and conceptual framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives context to each issue discussed and allows the reader to understand how each topic has evolved over the course of American history. The authors use qualitative data to help explain socioeconomic issues and connect related topics. Each chapter examines major concepts, so readers can see how an individual’s success in stratified settings often relies heavily on their access to valued resources–types of capital which involve finances, schooling, social networking, and cultural competence. Analyzing the impact of capital types throughout the text helps map out the prospects for individuals, families, and also classes to maintain or alter their position in social-stratification systems. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers will be able to: Analyze the four major American classes, as well as how race and gender are linked to inequalities in the United States Understand attempts to reduce social inequality Identify major historical events that have influenced current trends Understand how qualitative sources help reveal the inner workings that accompany people’s struggles with the socioeconomic order Recognize the impact of social-stratification systems on individuals and families |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: 話語權的世紀角力：從TED、論壇到智庫，公共知識分子及意見領袖面對「思想產業」的理念拉鋸與道德考驗 丹尼爾•德雷斯納(Daniel W. Drezner), 2020-07-28 處處平台、人人發聲的時代 「思想出口」、「觀念販賣」才是王道！ 你以為的 TED 講壇，其實不是那麼回事？ 知識分子榮光不再、走下神壇 意見領袖分秒放送、席捲講壇。 這是專屬「思想領袖」的個人秀場！ 【本書特色】 ☑ 作者為國際政治領域知名學者，「殭屍國際政治理論」、「思想產業」等新時代觀念創立者 ☑ 近年第一本由學界紅人結合自身經歷思考與大環境實況，全盤歸結「思想市場」產業鏈的精采鳥瞰式分析 ☑ 細膩檢視「公共知識分子」、「思想領袖」、「網紅自媒體」、「TED 講者」等新時代公眾場域發言者的角色分布與場域萬象 ☑ 忠實呈現當下「公眾數位知識鍊」的核心風景與發展趨勢，以及其中錯綜複雜的財閥、粉絲資源共生關係 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 廖雲章（獨立評論@天下頻道總監） 冀劍制（華梵大學哲學系教授） 顏擇雅（出版人、作家） ──角力推薦（依姓名筆劃排序） 【內容簡介】 公共知識分子的發展歷史悠久，他們總是在一些擁有高度話語權的評論雜誌上，圍繞各種類型的話題發表意見。但近年來，公共知識分子卻被另一類思想家所取代，這一新晉群體被稱為「思想領袖」。與公共知識分子不同的是，思想領袖通常在那些與公眾聯繫較為緊密的機構工作，而較少在高端雜誌上進行辯論，他們的想法總是雄心勃勃且備受稱讚。 當代思想的生產與傳播已經依循網路時代文化產業的模式來組織與營運。這些轉變是如何發生的呢？作者在本書中對此進行了詳細探究，並向我們展現了當代美國、乃至西方公共知識分子的生活。作者認為，儘管當今的思想產業存在一些負面的內容，但它非常擅長廣泛地傳播思想，並吸引大量渴望新想法的人。對知識分子而言，勇氣的真正標誌曾經是「敢於向權威說出真相」。如今，「向金錢說出真相」需要更多勇氣。這麼做的知識分子可能會損失巨額演講費以及收到 TED 演講邀請的機會——這樣的機會是通往真金、白銀的大門。一旦你開始賺錢，為什麼要放棄呢？你的聽眾所擁有的財富，可能遠遠超過你這輩子所能創造的。 作者在書中掌握了恰到好處的平衡，仔細分析了思想產業背後的關鍵因素——新富豪統治階級的崛起是其中最重要的原因。作者的論點是，「思想領袖的時代取代了公共知識分子的時代」。公共知識分子是江湖騙子的天敵。相比之下，思想領袖就像是刺蝟。他們懂一樣東西，反覆兜售，至死方休。 作者在書中呼籲公共知識分子回歸，但也承認這是奢求。例如尼爾•弗格森這樣的思想領袖。他是英國歷史學家，在史丹福大學任職——他曾是一名公共知識分子。但他向作者坦言，他意識到思想領袖的收入更高，因此他開始迎合這座市場。學者們怎麼看待你的工作，遠沒有這件事重要：你的想法能否吸引別人一小時花八萬美元聽你演講？品牌比內容更重要。如果出了點錯，只要繼續說下一個重要的問題就行…… 【精采看點】 ➢ 我們正處於外交政策上對「理念市場」（marketplace of ideas）的微妙時間點，這是屬於「思想領袖」（thought leader）的最佳時期，卻也是「公共知識分子」（public intellectual）的寒冬時刻。 ➢ 從歐巴馬到川普，從一個菁英知識分子領導人到善用 Twitter 的民粹主義者，美國政治似乎不再青睞傳統菁英學者治國風格，川普蠻橫、多變、蔑視傳統、充滿爭議，但他也傾聽那些保守派領導人不曾在乎的「底層之聲」。2016年，《經濟學人》將川普列為十大地緣政治風險之一，他沒有傳統菁英團隊，缺乏智囊專家，發言刁鑽偏激，不屑於根深柢固的政治風格，零世界觀，非主流，但為何他那似乎不合乎當代邏輯的「美國第一」口號，得以在不少美國人的內心深處激起共鳴？歐巴馬和川普的故事讓我們得出結論：「理念市場」崛起，確實對傳統政治角色造成不小影響。 ➢ 「公共知識分子」，意指專家、學者等能夠對廣泛的公共政策問題發表意見的傳統社會評論家、政治學者、社會學者。公共知識分子也是批評者，批評兜售糟糕政策的政府，但是當公共知識分子失去社會信譽時，他們極容易被政客或騙子藉民粹輿論擊垮，畢竟專業人士與普羅大眾的連結薄弱。相較來說，「思想領袖」更為小清新，如果說知識分子說的是文謅謅的之乎者也，思想領袖便是文言文的轉譯者，運用其獨特視角解釋世界，並傳播給一般民眾（例如網紅、名嘴、各大平台演講者）。兩者都從事知識創造，但風格迥異。知識守門人功能衰弱，以思想領袖為首的新貴大幅增長，得以挑戰傳統權威，加上民主化加持，人們普遍看好相對更為親近的思想領袖。美國政治制度的兩極白熱化是另一個影響思想市場的現象，群眾對二元政治感到疲憊，傾向跳脫傳統思維。貧富差距和 M 型社會加劇思想領袖的誕生，收入頂端的財富累積者為思想領袖提供資金來源，逐漸掌握知識守門人身份，創建自己的知識產權平台，有別於傳統掌握知識的威權領域，思想領袖也樂於尋找伯樂，推動與金主的想法共鳴，獲得更多支持（類似戰國時期的食客），配合網路發達的社群交流，思想領袖的點子傳播無遠弗屆，形成思想領袖、資本家、大眾之間的三角鐵網。 ➢ 公共知識分子的知識累積是緩慢的，知識分子必須透過長期的研究、推敲、辯論、實證等步驟，得到一個高度可信的結果；而思想領袖卻彷彿曇花一現、煙花四起，炸出一場又一場的新高潮，卻不堪長時間鑽研查證，容易激發短期快速的影響力，卻可能失去本質。正是因為如今「點子世代」與富人和強者混合在一起，才更值得闡釋。政策制定者都需要思想市場集思廣益，表達和辯論他們為什麼要落實某件政治行為和決策，越複雜的問題，越需要冷靜有力的聲音告知止血點，這也是公共知識分子仍舊不可取代的原因。 ➢ 作者其實並不讚賞思想領袖的存在，甚至處處擔心思想領袖淪為壞心人士的棋子，大力強調公共知識分子在政策監督上的存在價值。與其說公共知識分子和思想領袖是兩條路線，不如說領導者仍須以知識分子做為主心骨，思想領袖適時鞭策碰撞，避免古板專斷，提醒知識分子世界的需求和聲音。如同一個生態圈，知識分子總會面臨定期的失寵衰退，如何與社會、點子創作者、閱聽人互利共生，才是永續關鍵。 ➢ 「有機知識分子」走向歷史舞臺，時髦話題早已變成「知識分子的退場」：高校日益與世隔絕，學術思考日益狹窄，在在導致知識分子對公共議題的失語與「被迫」輕視。那些曾經作為知識分子從事有意義研究的後盾的研究機構，也已被新的贊助人重塑。來自政府機構和慈善單位的資金幾乎耗盡，智庫需要從公司、政界菁英處開源。這些人對做研究興趣缺缺，他們在乎的是為自己贊成的觀點提供政治方面的支持。或者更赤裸地說，他們想要「獲得回報」。結果智庫變得越來越偏狹。長久以來學術研究不受產業影響的原則被擱置，名校也向工業界開放...... ➢ 《外交政策》雜誌每年隆重提出的全球百大思想家名單，各種高階會議、演講和論壇的興起，使知識分子以過去難以想像的方式與政治、經濟和文化的菁英們相互結交。各種「大觀念」活動（例如 TED 年會、世界經濟達沃斯論壇、博鰲亞洲論壇等帶動風潮，邀請具有挑釁感、新觀點的思想家，滿足與會者好奇心，更能吸引媒體關注。新世紀的公共領域雖然比以往更開闊，卻也更「有利可圖」。 ➢ 公共領域正在發生一場工業革命，過去的「理念市場」已經轉變為「思想工業」。如果知識分子維持生計的手段真的影響了社會大眾的思考方式，那思想領袖的崛起可能會讓所有人缺乏深入思考。目前思想工業的需求與獎勵明顯傾向思想領袖，而非公知，原因在於三種趨勢：對體制權威信任的衰落、社會政治的極端化，以及經濟不平等快速加劇。這三種要素形成了高度不穩定的社會氣氛，也塑造了思想工業的供需結構。人們對新思想以及思考世界的方式產生強烈需求，迫切期待理念明確的思想領袖，而不是在學術上糾纏細節的知識分子。公領域的革命就像農業革命和工業革命，會帶來贏者和輸家，引發知識階層大動盪，也會改變思想生態系統。思想工業的結構性不平衡需要認真處理。 ➢ 在思想領域中，實際情況遠比「今不如昔」的論調複雜得多。多年來，學者們一直抱怨大眾文化的粗俗，那麼面對更加廣泛的、對新思想的渴望，以及回應這種渴望的努力，我們就不該沮喪或苛求。兩類人物在民主社會的公領域中都能發揮作用。公知常常被指責為具有菁英主義傾向，但他們的批判揭露了「偽裝成智慧」的陳詞濫調。而思想領袖往往在學術上過於草率而受到嘲諷，但他們傳播的新觀念，能夠在變化多端的時代提供具有啟發性的視角和方法，以激發人們重新去想像這個世界...... 【各界讚譽】 ⦿ 作者是一位活潑且富有吸引力的作家……他不斷帶領讀者認識新時代來臨的好處和弊端，從中獲取平衡。── Times Literary Supplement ⦿ 我真心推薦這本書，因為裡面有我不同意的結論，特別是作者批評像 Clayton Christensen（哈佛大學商學院教授，具有批判特質的著名學者）這般的思想領袖。然而，這就是關鍵，他讓我思考。書裡他特別談了所謂的 Overton Window（奧佛頓之窗，適用於一些反映當時政治氣候或被選民所接受的政策。這些政策通常保持中立，但如果有某些政客、政黨、政策或政治事件影響了選民，它們也可能偏左或者偏右），它基本上定義了創意產業和我們其他人認為應該成為公共政策辯論核心的內容，作者給了我全新觀點。── Chip Hauss ⦿ 作者在描述 TED 現象方面做得很好。── Lulu Cao ⦿ 本書非常適合用來熟悉美國國際事務的現代實務。提到了國際關係領域的重要人物和機構，並對其適用性做了很好的總結。當然，本書也提出了非常有趣的爭論點。在我讀這本書的整個過程中，我忍不住閱讀更多的國際關係文獻，以及關注更多有趣的 Twitter 頁面以更熟悉國內的點子世代走向。── Will Lee |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: One Korea Shepherd Iverson, 2013-09-06 Peaceful Korean reunification would end a growing nuclear threat, ease regional and geopolitical tensions, and bring about significant economic growth and cooperation in resource-rich Northeast Asia. The central assumption of this book is that peace and reunification can be achieved by changing the underlying incentive structure for all North Koreans, and by offering its leaders a safe, honorable and profitable way out of a deteriorating situation. Economic stagnation and increased awareness of the better life beyond their borders has led to growing dissent inside North Korea, while dynastic transition and the rise of a new generation of leaders may have opened a new opportunity for political acquiescence. The book outlines a Korean Peace Fund strategy that provides for global elites, corporations and governments to raise $300 billion to give to North Korean power elites, military officers and common people if they agree to reunify under South Korean political leadership. Kim Jong-un would likely be hailed worldwide for participating in a win-win, face-saving resolution. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Them And Us Will Hutton, 2010-09-30 The suddenness and depth of the recession has raised questions about the workability of capitalism not seen since the 1930s. One of the constraints on recovery is the growing belief that if the old model did not work there is no new one on offer. This book sets out to provide one, arguing that reconstructing a bust financial system is not just a technical question. It cannot be done without a wholescale revision of the wider system and values on which it is based. And fairness must be placed at the heart of the new capitalism if our society is to recover its values. Will Hutton's new book musters brilliant, convincing arguments which will lend favour on both right and left. It is set to be a book which captures the mood of the moment in the same way that THE STATE WE'RE IN did. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Winner Stands Alone Paulo Coelho, 2009-03-19 The Winner Stands Alone is an enthralling novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Anthropology of Conservation NGOs Peter Bille Larsen, Dan Brockington, 2017-08-30 This book explores how NGOs have been influential in shaping global biodiversity, conservation policy, and practice. It encapsulates a growing body of literature that has questioned the mandates, roles, and effectiveness of these organizations–and the critique of these critics. This volume seeks to nurture an open conversation about contemporary NGO practices through analysis and engagement. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Liberty from All Masters Barry C. Lynn, 2020-09-29 “An eye-opening and persuasive defense of robust antitrust enforcement as essential to the core principles of American democracy” (Publishers Weekly). “Very few thinkers in recent years have done more to shift the debate in Washington than Barry Lynn. In Liberty from All Masters, he proves himself as a lyrical theorist and a bold interpreter of history. This book is an elegant summoning of a forgotten tradition that can help the nation usher in a new freedom.” —Franklin Foer Americans are obsessed with liberty, mad about liberty. On any day, we can tune into arguments about how much liberty we need to buy a gun or get an abortion, to marry who we want or adopt the gender we feel. We argue endlessly about liberty from regulation and observation by the state, and proudly rebel against the tyranny of course syllabi and Pandora playlists. Redesign the penny today and the motto would read “You ain’t the boss of me.” Yet Americans are only now awakening to what is perhaps the gravest domestic threat to our liberties in a century—in the form of an extreme and fast-growing concentration of economic power. Monopolists today control almost every corner of the American economy. The result is not only lower wages and higher prices, hence a concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few. The result is also a stripping away of our liberty to work how and where we want, to launch and grow the businesses we want, to create the communities and families and lives we want. The rise of online monopolists such as Google and Amazon—designed to gather our most intimate secrets and use them to manipulate our personal and group actions—is making the problem only far worse fast. Not only have these giant corporations captured the ability to manage how we share news and ideas with one another, they increasingly enjoy the power to shape how we move and play and speak and think. “An examination of our fall into the economic pit crafted by Amazon, Google, et al.—and ideas for how to crawl out.... Admonitory, cautionary, and essential.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies Kurt Bauknecht, Sanjay K. Madria, Günther Pernul, 2001-08-27 We welcome you to the Second International Conference on E commerce and Web Technology (ECWEB 2001) held in conjunction with DEXA 2001 in Munich, Germany. This conference, now in its second year, is a forum to bring together researchers from academia and commercial developers from industry to discuss the state of the art in E commerce and web technology and explore new ideas. We thank you all for coming to Munich to participate and debate the new emerging advances in this area. The research presentation and discussion during the conference will help to exchange new ideas among the researchers, developers, and practitioners. The conference program consists of an invited talk by Hannes Werthner, University of Trento, Italy, as well as the technical sessions. The regular sessions cover topics from XML Transformations and Web Development to User Behavior and Case Studies. The workshop has attracted more than 80 papers and each paper has been reviewed by at least 3 program committee members for its merit. The program committee have selected 31 papers for presentation. We would like to express our thanks to the people who helped put together the technical program: the program committee members and external reviewers for their timely and rigorous reviews of the papers, the DEXA organizing committee for their help in administrative work and support, and special thanks to Gabriela Wagner for always responding promptly. |
| daniel rothkopf superclass: The Myth of Chinese Capitalism Dexter Roberts, 2024-05-01 The “vivid, provocative” untold story of how restrictive policies are preventing China from becoming the world’s largest economy (Evan Osnos). Dexter Roberts lived in Beijing for two decades working as a reporter on economics, business and politics for Bloomberg Businessweek. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Roberts explores the reality behind today’s financially-ascendant China and pulls the curtain back on how the Chinese manufacturing machine is actually powered. He focuses on two places: the village of Binghuacun in the province of Guizhou, one of China’s poorest regions that sends the highest proportion of its youth away to become migrants; and Dongguan, China’s most infamous factory town located in Guangdong, home to both the largest number of migrant workers and the country’s biggest manufacturing base. Within these two towns and the people that move between them, Roberts focuses on the story of the Mo family, former farmers-turned-migrant-workers who are struggling to make a living in a fast-changing country that relegates one-half of its people to second-class status via household registration, land tenure policies and inequality in education and health care systems. In The Myth of Chinese Capitalism, Dexter Roberts brings to life the problems that China and its people face today as they attempt to overcome a divisive system that poses a serious challenge to the country’s future development. In so doing, Roberts paints a boots-on-the-ground cautionary picture of China for a world now held in its financial thrall. Praise for The Myth of Chinese Capitalism “A gimlet-eyed look at an economic miracle that may not be so miraculous after all.” —Kirkus Reviews “A clearheaded and persuasive counter-narrative to the notion that the Chinese economic model is set to take over the world. Readers looking for an informed and nuanced perspective on modern China will find it here.” —Publishers Weekly “A sophisticated and readable take of China’s triumphs and crises. . . . A first-hand witness to China’s transformation over the past quarter century, Roberts credibly challenges the myth of China’s inevitable rise and global dominance.” —Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Beijing-based correspondent “A potent mix of personal stories and deft analysis, The Myth of Chinese Capitalism takes a hard look at China’s migrants and rural people.” —Mei Fong, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of One Child: The Story of China’s Most RadicalExperiment |
Daniel 1 NIV - Daniel’s Training in Babylon - In the - Bible Gateway
Daniel’s Training in Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim ( A ) king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar ( B ) king of Babylon ( C ) came to Jerusalem and besieged it. ( D ) 2 And …
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Daniel (Aramaic and Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, romanized: Dānīyyēʾl, lit. 'God is my Judge'; [a] Greek: Δανιήλ, romanized: Daniḗl; Arabic: دانيال, romanized: Dāniyāl) is the main character of the Book …
Daniel: The Book of Daniel - Bible Hub
Daniel Removed to Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord …
Everything You Need to Know About the Prophet Daniel in the Bible
Jun 5, 2024 · The prophet Daniel served God during a chaotic period in Israelite history. What kept him alive, and can his story teach us anything about surviving and thriving during dark …
Book of Daniel - Read, Study Bible Verses Online
Read the Book of Daniel online. Scripture chapters verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for Bible study.
Who was Daniel in the Bible? - GotQuestions.org
Jan 4, 2022 · Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge,” and his three countrymen from Judea were chosen and given new names. Daniel became “Belteshazzar,” while Hananiah, …
Book of Daniel | Guide with Key Information and Resources
Explore the stories of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, while also unpacking Daniel’s dreams and visions in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Discover the book’s structure, meaning, …
DANIEL CHAPTER 1 KJV - King James Bible Online
The book of Daniel is partly historical, relating various circumstances which befel himself and the Jews, at Babylon; but is chiefly prophetical, detailing visions and prophecies which foretell …
Book of Daniel Overview - Insight for Living Ministries
The book of Daniel makes it clear that the true God is the supreme ruler over heaven and earth (Daniel 4:17), even when all seems lost and the consequences of sin seem overwhelming. …
Daniel, THE BOOK OF DANIEL - USCCB
Daniel has the gift of discernment from God. Greek wisdom (represented by the Babylonian “magicians and enchanters”) is ridiculed (see especially chaps. 2 and 5), whereas God reveals …
Daniel 1 NIV - Daniel’s Training in Babylon - In the - Bible Gateway
Daniel’s Training in Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim ( A ) king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar ( B ) king of Babylon ( C ) came to Jerusalem and besieged it. ( D ) 2 And …
Daniel (biblical figure) - Wikipedia
Daniel (Aramaic and Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, romanized: Dānīyyēʾl, lit. 'God is my Judge'; [a] Greek: Δανιήλ, romanized: Daniḗl; Arabic: دانيال, romanized: Dāniyāl) is the main character of the Book …
Daniel: The Book of Daniel - Bible Hub
Daniel Removed to Babylon 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord …
Everything You Need to Know About the Prophet Daniel in the Bible
Jun 5, 2024 · The prophet Daniel served God during a chaotic period in Israelite history. What kept him alive, and can his story teach us anything about surviving and thriving during dark …
Book of Daniel - Read, Study Bible Verses Online
Read the Book of Daniel online. Scripture chapters verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for Bible study.
Who was Daniel in the Bible? - GotQuestions.org
Jan 4, 2022 · Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge,” and his three countrymen from Judea were chosen and given new names. Daniel became “Belteshazzar,” while Hananiah, …
Book of Daniel | Guide with Key Information and Resources
Explore the stories of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, while also unpacking Daniel’s dreams and visions in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Discover the book’s structure, meaning, …
DANIEL CHAPTER 1 KJV - King James Bible Online
The book of Daniel is partly historical, relating various circumstances which befel himself and the Jews, at Babylon; but is chiefly prophetical, detailing visions and prophecies which foretell …
Book of Daniel Overview - Insight for Living Ministries
The book of Daniel makes it clear that the true God is the supreme ruler over heaven and earth (Daniel 4:17), even when all seems lost and the consequences of sin seem overwhelming. …
Daniel, THE BOOK OF DANIEL - USCCB
Daniel has the gift of discernment from God. Greek wisdom (represented by the Babylonian “magicians and enchanters”) is ridiculed (see especially chaps. 2 and 5), whereas God reveals …
