Trade Wars Are Class Wars : How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace (9780300244175)

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers

"The authors weave a complex tapestry of monetary, fiscal and social policies through history and offer opinions about what went right and what went wrong . . . Worth reading for their insights into the history of trade and finance."-George Melloan, Wall Street Journal

"This is a very important book."-Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees. Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today's trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought-provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace-and what we can do about it.

Longlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and named a Best Business Book of 2020 by Strategy + Business

Product details

• Format Hardback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 235 x 22mm | 589.67g
• Publication date 23 Jun 2020
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication City/Country United States
• Language English
• Illustrations note 29 b-w illus.
• ISBN10 0300244177
• ISBN13 9780300244175
• Bestsellers rank 91,560

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