The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization by Richard C. Koo, April 2018, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, Pp 320 “The Other Half of Macroeconomics and the Fate of Globalization” by Richard…

Energy and Civilization: A History

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Energy and Civilization: A History Book Review: Energy and Civilization – A History, Paperback, $19.95, Pages 568, November 2018 “Energy and Civilization: A History” is most likely close to 40th book by Prof. Vaclav Smil, who can be considered one of the most influential writers of our time.…

Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism; Quinn Slobodian; Hardcover; 400 Pages; Harvard University Press; March, 2018. The book present the history of neoliberalism from the days of World War I and disintegration…

Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control; William Norris;  University Press This gem of a book discusses how state control of the large corporations and asset owners can help the state achieve its longer-term…

Book Review: Indentity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment Book Review: Identity – The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment by Francis Fukuyama, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; September 2018; Pages 240. The book tries to explain the rise of identity politics, and…

Book Review: War by Other Means by Robert D Blackwell & Jennifer M Harris

Home Public Policy Choices Research Publications Reviews & Critiques War by Other Means: Geo-Economics & Statecraft War by Other Means: Geoeconomics & Statecraft by Robert D Blackwill and Jennifer M Harris, Harvard University Press, Pages 384, $19.95 “War by Other Means” is a book which the supporters of free-trade and globally integrated markets would find…