{"product_id":"seeing-the-elephant-9781118907559","title":"Seeing the Elephant","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to globalization, more countries depend on each other for trade, capital, and ideas than ever before. Yet politically, these countries are drifting further apart. In \u003ci\u003eSeeing the Elephant\u003c\/i\u003e, author and emerging markets expert Peter Marber describes how increasing economic integration and the rise of new actors is drastically altering the geopolitical landscape, and offers insights on how the US can maintain a leading role in the 21st century and beyond.  \u003cp\u003eWhile America remains the single most important economy today, rising economic powerhouses  China, Russia, India, Brazil and others  bring a diverse set of interests to the table that the US cannot afford to ignore, Marber explains. Moreover, globalization has created thousands of non-state actors  corporations, banks, hedge funds, activists and even terrorists  who bring their own concerns to bear on the world system.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the era of globalization, America''s success hinges on the success of its neighbors, too. Yet f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Seeing the Elephant in the Twenty-First Century 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Trade and Finance: Money, Money Everywhere 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Energy: Twilight of the Hydrocarbons? 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Defense and Security: Preventing the Next War, Not Fighting the Last 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Immigration: People, People Anywhere 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Promoting Tomorrow’s Health Instead of Paying for Yesterday's Ills 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Environment: The Hidden Cost of Everything 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Poverty: Remembering the Bottom of the Pyramid 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Driving with a New Dashboard in the Macro Quantum World 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 401\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406944444759,"sku":"9781118907559","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118907559.jpg?v=1730497643","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeing-the-elephant-9781118907559","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}