Read, Colin, <br/><br/>
The rise and fall of an economic empire:  with lessons for aspiring economies/ 
Colin Read. 
 - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;  New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2010. 
 - xii, 294 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction <br/><br/>PART I: FROM 10,000 B.C. TO 1776 --<br/>THE DISCOVERY OF ECONOMIES O SCALE An Economic Prehistory to Economic Emperors Barter, Economic Emperors, and the Decentralized Marketplace Specialization and Surpluses The First Industrial Revolution Colonialism Puts Sugar in Our Tea <br/><br/>PART II: A SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A Declaration of Economic Independence An Economic Bill of Rights Dominance Through Economics Private Solutions to Public Problems <br/><br/>PART III: THE NEW MERCANTILISTS The Consumer as King A New Colonialism Dependency Economics <br/><br/>PART IV: ASPIRING NATIONS Transfer of Technology Economic Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery Heckscher, Ohlin, and Two Billion Hungry and Willing to Work for Change <br/><br/>PART V: GROWING PAINS Complex Economic Systems Herding Cats and Chaos Theory Too Big to Fail Private Property Gives Way to the Public Good The Winner's Curse <br/><br/>PART VI: A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER The Politics of a Consumption Economy Gradual economic Marginalization A New Economic Order Convergence <br/><br/>PART VII: FROM WHERE HAVE WE COME, AND WHERE WILL W GO? The Dance of Demographics Steady State and Sustainability Economic Darwinism and Dinosaurs Prescriptions for Relevance Conclusions 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230273702 (hardback) 023027370X (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic history.<br/>Commerce--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.9  / REA/R