TY  - BOOK
AU  - Read,Colin
TI  - The rise and fall of an economic empire: with lessons for aspiring economies
SN  - 9780230273702 (hardback)
U1  - 330.9 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Commerce
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction 

PART I: FROM 10,000 B.C. TO 1776 --
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 

PART II: A SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION A Declaration of Economic Independence An Economic Bill of Rights Dominance Through Economics Private Solutions to Public Problems 

PART III: THE NEW MERCANTILISTS The Consumer as King A New Colonialism Dependency Economics 

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 

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 

PART VI: A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER The Politics of a Consumption Economy Gradual economic Marginalization A New Economic Order Convergence 

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
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