Rising Tide: Is Growth in Emerging Economies Good for the United States?

by Lawrence Edwards

Book Overview

In 1963, John F. Kennedy said that "a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves both parties, without domination or unfair advantage." US international economic policy since World War II has been based on the premise that foreign economic growth is in America's economic, as well as political and security, self-interest. The bursting of the speculative dot.com bubble, slowing US growth, and the global financial crisis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881325007
• ISBN13: 9780881325003
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher