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Author:

Alden, Edward H., author.

Title:

Failure to adjust : how Americans got left behind in the global economy / Edward Alden.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States--Commerce.
United States--Commercial policy.
United States--Foreign economic relations.
United States--Economic conditions--1945-
United States--Economic policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The end of the world's greatest autarky -- Confronting the competition: the limitations of trade policy -- Confronting the competition: how a strong dollar has hurt -- Investment: the winners and the losers from offshoring -- Helping the losers: the tragedy of trade adjustment assistance -- Tiger moms and failing schools : the competitive challenge at home -- How to think about economic competitiveness -- A strategy for competing in a globalized world.

ISBN:

1442272600 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442272606 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)946160628

LCCN:

2016026357

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)