04722nam a2200385 a 450000100060000000300080000600500170001400800410003102000150007202000350008703500140012203500110013604000370014704100080018404200090019208200240020110000280022524501530025326000460040630000290045250400640048150507280054552026030127365000290387665000210390565000270392665000260395365000360397965000400401570000310405585600680408694200120415499900170416695201530418377082BD-RjUL20211209082925.0971106s1998    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a0684829754  a0684848112qpaperbackcA$29.95  a(BD-RjUL)  a203517  aDLCbengcDLCdDLCdTOCdBD-RjUL  aeng  aanuc00a338.9221bYEC 19981 aYergin, Daniel.913411614aThe commanding heights :bthe battle between government and the marketplace that is remaking the modern world /cDaniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw.  aNew York, NY :bSimon & Schuster,cc1998.  a457 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 421-435) and index.0 aIntroduction: At the Frontier -- 1. Thirty Glorious Years: Europe's Mixed Economy -- 2. The Curse of Bigness: America's Regulatory Capitalism -- 3. Tryst with Destiny: The Rise of the Third World -- 4. The Mad Monk: Britain's Market Revolution -- 5. Crisis of Confidence: The Global Critique -- 6. Beyond the Miracle: Asia's Emergence -- 7. The Color of the Cat: China's Transformation -- 8. After the Permit Raj: India's Awakening -- 9. Playing by the Rules: The New Game in Latin America -- 10. Ticket to the Market: The Journey After Communism -- 11. The Predicament: Europe's Search for a New Social Contract -- 12. The Delayed Revolution: America's New Balance -- 13. The Balance of Confidence: The World After Reform.1 a"Trillions of dollars in assets and fundamental political power are changing hands as free markets wrest control from government of the "commanding heights" - the dominant businesses and industries of the world economy. Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw demonstrate that words like "privatization" and "deregulation" are inadequate to describe the enormous upheaval that is unfolding before our eyes. Along with the creation of vast new wealth, the map of the global economy is being redrawn. Indeed, the very structure of society is changing. New markets and new opportunities have brought great new risks as well. How has all this come about? Who are the major figures behind it? How does it affect our lives?" "The collapse of the Soviet Union, the awesome rise of China, the awakening of India, economic revival in Latin America, the march toward the European Union - all are a part of this political and economic revolution. Fiscal realities and financial markets are relentlessly propelling deregulation; achieving a new balance between government and marketplace will be the major political challenge in the coming years. Looking back, the authors describe how the old balance was overturned, and by whom. Looking forward, they explore these equations: Will the new balance prevail? Or does the free market contain the seeds of its own destruction? Will there be a backlash against any excesses of the free market? And finally, The Commanding Heights illuminates the five tests by which the success or failure of all these changes can be measured, and defines the key issues as we enter the twenty-first century." "The Commanding Heights captures this revolution in ideas in accounts of the history and the politics of the postwar years and tales of the astute politicians, brilliant thinkers, and tenacious businessmen who brought these changes about. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Deng Xiaoping, and Bill Clinton share the stage with the "Minister of Thought" Keith Joseph, the broomaker's son Domingo Cavallo, and Friedrich von Hayek, the Austrian economist who was determined to win the twenty-year "battle of ideas." It is a complex and wide-ranging story, and the authors tell it brilliantly, with a deep understanding of human character, making critically important ideas lucid and accessible. Written with unique access to many of the key players, The Commanding Heights, like no other book, brings us an understanding of the last half of the twentieth century - and sheds a powerful light on what lies ahead in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET. in Mobile  00000000000000 0aEconomic policy.9239666 0aMarkets.9239667 0aPrivatization.9239668 0aDeregulation.9239669 0aEconomic historyy1945-9239670 0aCompetition, International.92396711 aStanislaw, Joseph.9239672423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a8k2-aa  2ddccBK  c77082d77082  00102ddc4071aRUCLbRUCLcReadingd2020-02-19eAmerican Center Library, Dhakag15.00l0o338.9 YEC 1998r2020-02-23 00:00:00tC-1w2020-02-23yBK