The Retreat of Western Liberalism
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802127398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 226 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Edward Luce is a graduate from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He was formerly its Washington bureau chief. He worked as a speech writer for the treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, worked as the South Asia bureau chief for the Financial Times, and is based in Washington DC as the Financial Times Washington columnist and commentator. He is also the author of In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India
In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, he points to the rise in populism across nations and the relative economic growth of a few developing countries like China and India as key contributing factors. Think of this as a global Hillbilly Elegy. An Best Book of June 2017: Why does it feel like things are coming apart in the world? As the U.S. You may not find every answer you’re looking for, but you’ll make serious, welcome progress in understanding the questions. --Chris Schluep, The Book Review. commentator for the Financial Times, Edward Luce is in a good position to observe global trends and answer this question. Of course it’s much more complicated than that, and Luce’s taut and satisfying
We cannot move forward without a clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Reality tells us something troublingly different. In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracyof which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a terrifying symptom. "Insightful and harrowing lucidly expounds on the erosion of the West's middle classes, the dysfunction among its political and economic elites and the consequences for America and the world."Michiko Kakutani, New York Times In his widely acclaimed book Time to Start Thinking, Financial Times chief US columnist and commentator Edward Luce charted the course of America's relative decline, proving to be a prescient voice on our current social and political turmoil. Combining on-the-ground reporting with intelligent synthesis of the literatur
A Gripping Read! Amazon Customer The Retreat of Western Liberalism is the book I've been waiting for. Its sweep takes in America, the UK and continental Europe and highlights the structural forces that's ailing the middle classes across all those countries. Other books focus only on. The retreat of the global economy: A spectrum broad and deep Alan F. Sewell This is a difficult book to review because it has the ring of truth that most other authors either ignore or smother with self-serving propaganda to advance their political agendas. To write a proper review that conveys the entire message of this boo. Thank you for helping me better understand how we got here As a 76 year old man who has spent a lot of time over my lifetime paying attention to the world I live in, and who is very aware of the increasing velocity of social and political change, I found this work most helpful in "connecting the dots" in our