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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790189203321

Autore

Auerswald Philip E

Titolo

The coming prosperity [[electronic resource] ] : how entrepreneurs are transforming the global economy / / Philip Auerswald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-19-993084-8

0-19-025848-9

1-280-59425-X

9786613624086

0-19-979524-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

337

Soggetti

Globalization - Economic aspects

Globalization - Developing countries

Economic development - Developing countries

Economic development - United States

Developing countries Population Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Strength in numbers -- pt. 2. The animating element -- pt. 3. Participatory prosperity -- pt. 4. The next America.

Sommario/riassunto

Ours is the most dynamic era in human history. The benefits of four centuries of technological and organizational change are at last reaching a previously excluded global majority. This transformation will create large-scale opportunities in richer countries like the United States just as it has in poorer countries now in the ascent.In The Coming Prosperity, Philip E. Auerswald argues that it is time to overcome the outdated narratives of fear that dominate public discourse and to grasp the powerful momentum of progress. Acknowledging the gravity of today's greatest global challenges-like clim