Balance: The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America

by R. Glenn Hubbard and Tim Kane

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking book, two economists explain why economic imbalances cause civil collapse--and why America could be next. In this groundbreaking book, two economists explain why economic imbalances cause civil collapse-- and why the United States could be next. From the Ming Dynasty to Ottoman Turkey to imperial Spain, the Great Powers of the world emerged as the greatest economic, political, and military forces of their time--only to collapse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476700257
• ISBN13: 9781476700250
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"