Edge of Chaos, 9780349143231
Paperback
Democracy in crisis: Radical solutions needed to avert global chaos.

Edge of Chaos

why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth--and how to fix it

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    3 July 2019

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Summary

Edge of Chaos: Reimagining Democracy for a World in Crisis

Why our democracies need urgent reform, before it’s too late

A generation after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world is once again on the edge of chaos. Demonstrations have broken out from Belgium to Brazil led by angry citizens demanding a greater say in their political and economic future, better education, healthcare and living standards. The bottom line of this outrage is the same; people are d…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349143231
ISBN-10:0349143234
Author:Dambisa Moyo
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:3 July 2019
Weight:252g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

Edge of Chaos is intensely focused in its purpose and forthright in its findings. It has narrative drive; it is not self-indulgent or too long; and it uses statistics and other factual evidence from wide-ranging sources to powerful polemical effect - Literary Review

Moyo’s familiarity with the dismal science radiates through her provocative new work, Edge of Chaos, as she argues compellingly that the global failure to achieve sustained, inclusive growth underpins the rampant political turmoil - New York Times

About The Author

Dambisa Moyo

Dr. Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who writes on the macroeconomy and global affairs.

She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, How The West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly - And the Stark Choices Ahead and Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for the World.

Moyo was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and was named to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Forum. Her work regularly appears in economic and finance-related publications such as the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.

She completed a doctorate in Economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters degree from Harvard University. She completed an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance at the American University in Washington DC.

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