20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century lessons for the Twenty-first Century

Emmott, Bill

20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century lessons for the Twenty-first Century - New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003 - 373 p.

The attacks on September 11th, 2001, shook the rich West out of its complacency; suddenly, peace looked to be in peril. Even before that time prosperity was endangered, as campaigns mounted against the purported evils of capitalist globalization, such as inequality, pollution, and financial instability, and as America's high-tech stockmarket boom turned to bust. Yet, in the decade following the end of the Cold War, prospects had looked so rosy, with peace prevailing among the world's great powers, with billions of people joining the world market economy, and with great waves of technological change driving economies forwards.

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RELACIONES EXTERIORES
GLOBALIZACION
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
SIGLO XX
ASPECTOS SOCIALES
COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL

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