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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458772403321

Autore

Boyle Nicholas

Titolo

2014 : how to survive the next world crisis / / Nicholas Boyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-282-87400-4

9786612874000

1-4411-3341-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

338.542

Soggetti

Financial crises

International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Towards the great event -- pt. 2. Finding the way.

Sommario/riassunto

A new world crisis is already looming. By 2014, our generation's legacy to the twenty-first century will be decided. Will it be a century of climatic disaster and war? The roots of the present crisis lie in an unbalanced globalization which has failed to match economic with political integration. False models of nationhood, markets, and empires have hindered the development of global governance. If human civilization is to survive the twenty-first century, current ideologies will have to give way to a more realistic acceptance of supranational authorities, and especially of an enhanced IMF and