Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and index.
Contents
All fall down -- How America really got rich -- America tracks Britain -- Goldilocks and bubbles -- False doctrines, false prophets -- Free trade: God's diplomacy -- Companies without a country -- The great American habit -- The state we're in -- The way out.
Summary
From the bestselling author of Rogue Nation and Three Billion New Capitalists comes a bracing warning of a decisive shift in world power away from the United States--and the deeply troubling threat that we are entering a post-dollar era. Prestowitz suggests a number of solutions--abolishing the dividend tax, imposing a value-added tax, incentivizing foreign investment in the U.S., and doubling federal support of innovative technologies.
