Ian Bremmer Knihy

Nedávná ekonomická krize byla připsána do značné míry na vrub chybějícím regulačním mechanismům na finančním trhu. Tato skutečnost nastolila i v tradičně liberálních státech znovu otázku státních zásahů do hospodářství. Ian Bremmer ve své čtivé knize pečlivě rozkrývá výchozí situaci a formuluje argumenty zastánců linie volného trhu i těch, kteří volají po větší míře státního dirigismu. Ukazuje, že ve skutečnosti neexistuje ani jedna z obou variant v ideální podobě, ale jde vždy o proměnlivou směs obojího. Protikladem liberálního kapitalismu není socialismus, ale státní kapitalismus, za nímž nestojí ideologická východiska, ale politické zájmy státu, jimž je podřízena sféra ekonomiky. Bremmer předkládá kritické zamyšlení nad jejich pozitivy i negativy a poukazuje na probémy, které s sebou každá z cest přináší.

An international expert presents an analysis of why and how nations make business decisions while demonstrating how the U.S. can best act in its own interests, revealing how the examples of Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro can inform us about North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, the role America should take in strengthening China's economy, and the importance of acting in Saudi Arabia before it is broken apart.

Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges over the past century, including the pandemic, to address three major crises looming in the next decade: global health emergencies, transformative climate change, and the AI revolution. In this insightful and hopeful work, Bremmer illustrates how domestic and international conflicts hinder our preparedness for these crises. Currently, Americans struggle to find consensus on significant political issues, while US and Chinese leaders seem to be in a new Cold War, wasting opportunities to confront upcoming challenges. Humanity is likely to face more deadly viruses, intensified climate change displacing millions, and transformative technologies that could destabilize societies faster than we can adapt. However, there is hope as some visionary leaders and citizens are already collaborating to tackle these issues. The pressing question is whether their efforts will be timely and effective enough to mitigate the fallout and whether we can leverage these crises to innovate toward a better future. By drawing on both traditional and modern strategies, Bremmer offers a roadmap for not just surviving but thriving in the 21st century, showing how governments, corporations, and individuals can harness these challenges to achieve the prosperity and opportunity that past globalism promised but failed to deliver.

Explores a wide array of political risks--including risks that stem from terrorist groups, power rivalries, weak leaders and internal strife and more--and offers methods, tools and concepts to help corporations, money managers and policy makers understand political risks. Cowritten by the author of The J Curve. Reprint.