| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The prime minister calls -- The genius of Jean Monnet and the Marshall Plan -- Europe listing, but afloat -- Russia : an opportunity bungled -- Statistics : their uses and abuses -- The economists and the dismal science -- Central bankers and their controversies -- Austerity versus growth -- ideology versus common sense -- Bubbles in our future? Certainly! -- Sustainable development : a recipe with too many ngredients -- Climate change : unrealistic expectations -- The scourge of corruption, public and private -- Shaping globalization : dogged by failure -- The democratic imperative : perhaps not for all? -- Can the tide return? |
| Summary |
How the global optimism that characterized the 1990s evolved into pessimism and chaos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World politics -- 21st century.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Johnston, Donald J. Missing the tide.: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017] ©2017 (CaOONL)20179010735 (OCoLC)964327554 |
| ISBN |
9780773549722 (ePDF) |
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0773549722 |
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9780773549739 (ePUB) |
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0773549730 |
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9780773549715 |
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0773549714 |
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