How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly--And the Stark Choices Ahead

by Dambisa Moyo

Book Overview

In How the West Was Lost , the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the West's economic supremacy. She examines how the West's flawed financial decisions have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world, especially China. Amid the hype of China's rise, however, the most important story of our generation is being pushed aside: America is not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374173257
• ISBN13: 9780374173258
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"