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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798647803321

Autore

Alden Edward H.

Titolo

Failure to adjust : how Americans got left behind in the global economy / / Edward Alden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

ISBN

1-4422-7261-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Council on Foreign Relations books

Disciplina

382/.30973

Soggetti

United States Commerce

United States Commercial policy

United States Foreign economic relations

United States Economic conditions 1945-

United States Economic policy

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

The end of the world's greatest autarky -- Confronting the competition: the limitations of trade policy -- Confronting the competition: how a strong dollar has hurt -- Investment: the winners and the losers from offshoring -- Helping the losers: the tragedy of trade adjustment assistance -- Tiger moms and failing schools : the competitive challenge at home -- How to think about economic competitiveness -- A strategy for competing in a globalized world.

Sommario/riassunto

Failure to Adjust presents an especially timely analysis of the trade policies of the Obama administration, and discusses how America can reassert itself as the leader in setting rules for international economic competition that would spread the benefits of global trade and investment more broadly.