POLITICAL ECONOMY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD - Softcover

A timely and insightful analysis of the global political economy. Jørgen Ørstrøm Møller draws on his rich experience to explicate the dangers and opportunities of globalization. --Glen S Fukushima President & CEO Airbus Japan

Economic and political interdependence becomes an important facet of our world today. The challenges facing society, nations, firms, and the ordinary citizens as they confront, adapt, and meet the banner of globalization are all played out and discussed in this highly analytical book. Retired ambassador, diplomat, and academician, Professor Moeller has incisively collected his thoughts on these issues displaying the richness of his ideas, laying the background, and showing the way forward. A must read for anyone interested in the global political economy! --Euston Quah Professor and Head of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Editor, Singapore Economic Review

There are a handful of international forces that will shape our world this century and there are only a handful of thinkers who can integrate these trends and explain their consequences. Joergen Moeller tackles the rise of China and India, Europe's role in this new Asia, the socio-political impact of globalization, the potential structural weaknesses in the U.S. economy, and the need for an international political culture based on mutual respect and tolerance and he does so with cogency and clarity. For people who enjoy thinking about the big picture, at times penetrating, at times iconoclastic, and at times just unsettling, this is your book. --Frank Lavin former Under Secretary, US Department of Commerce former US Ambassador to Singapore

The recent global financial crisis illustrates how fragile economic globalization is and how vulnerable all global citizens are to economic events outside their own country. Indeed, global economics is more important for national economic growth than domestic policies. Globalization and change interact and shape the economic environment for citizens and enterprises. These essays represent observations made over a ten-year period which attempt to analyze what is happening, why it happened and the impact on global and national economic growth. Readers may not find solutions or answers to all the perplexing events in the world, but they will gain a better understanding of how global politics and economics work, and in some cases, how they should but actually do not work.