Power Inc

By David Rothkopf

Book Overview

One of the world's leading experts on power offers a penetrating look at the rise of private interests.The rise of private power may be the most important and least understood trend of our time. David Rothkopf provides a fresh look at how we have reached a point where thousands of companies have greater power than all but a handful of states. Beginning with the story of an inquisitive Swedish goat inadvertently triggering the birth of the oldest company still in existence, Power, Inc. follows the rise and fall of kings and empires, the making of great fortunes, and the chaos of bloody revolutions and traces the bruising jockeying for influence right up to today's financial crises, growing inequality, broken international system, and battles over the proper role of government and markets.Rothkopf argues that these recent developments, coupled with the rise of powers like China and India, may not lead to the triumph of American capitalism that was celebrated just a few years ago. Instead, he considers an unexpected scenario, a contest among competing capitalisms offering different visions for how the world should work, a global ideological struggle in which European and Asian models may have advantages. An important look at the power struggle that is defining our times, Power, Inc. also offers critical insights into how to navigate the tumultuous years ahead.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374151288
• ISBN13: 9780374151287
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"