Dambisa Moyo: Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth—and How to Fix It

Dambisa Moyo: Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth—and How to Fix It

Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growinginequality have rebelled against established governments and turned topolitical extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth,now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds--fromaging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens.Hobbled by short-term thinking and ideological dogma, democracies riskfalling prey to nationalism and protectionism that will deliver decliningliving standards. In Edge of Chaos, Dambisa Moyo shows why economicgrowth is essential to global stability, and why liberal democracies arefailing to produce it today. Rather than turning away from democracy, sheargues, we must fundamentally reform it. Edge of Chaos presents a radicalblueprint for change in order to galvanize growth and ensure the survival ofdemocracy in the twenty-first century.

da Cruz, José de Arimatéia

Czech Journal of International Relations; Vol. 54 No. 4 (2019); 85-89

2788-2993

2788-2985

10.32422/mv.54.4

Institute of International Relations Prague

2019-12-01

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0

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