Edward Luce
Autor/a de In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
Sobre l'autor
Edward Luce is a critically acclaimed columnist for the Financial Times, former speechwriter to Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and author of the widely praised books Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent and In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India. A graduate of Oxford mostra'n més University in politics, philosophy, and economics, he is based in Washington, D.C. mostra'n menys
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- Nom normalitzat
- Luce, Edward
- Nom oficial
- Luce, Edward Geoffrey
- Data de naixement
- 1968-06-01
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Sussex, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Educació
- City University, London (Dipl. journalism)
New College, University of Oxford (BA|1990) - Professions
- Washington bureau chief
journalist - Organitzacions
- Financial Times
The Guardian
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The author is a seasoned journalist who has spent years each in 3 countries outside of his native UK, and he has absorbed knowledge from them. This book is startlingly insightful and very useful in understanding what is happening the US right now, as well as what is happening overall in many areas of the world affected by what has occurred in the US over the past decade.
Not exactly sure what I learned from this book, or how it might have changed me, but I liked it. Basically a centrist rant about the current social situation, but well-written and brief.
I write about the book in Swedish:
http://andreassorterar.blogspot.se/2017/09/usa-i-nedgangens-tid.html
http://andreassorterar.blogspot.se/2017/09/usa-i-nedgangens-tid.html
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- Obres
- 7
- Membres
- 1,141
- Popularitat
- #22,506
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 22
- ISBN
- 32
- Llengües
- 4
The premise of the book is that in the last fifty years or so, liberal democracy has been waning. This has been due to a variety of factors. First is the rise of the global economy that coincides with the decline of the middle class in Western countries. Second is the increasingly dysfunctional political scene that takes democracy for granted. Third is the declining power of the West and the loss of faith in their own systems. Lastly the author discusses the backlash of communities towards institutions and the general malaise regarding societal decline.
This was interesting for both historical content and present-day insights. I very much appreciated the conciseness. I closed the book feeling both more informed and deeply disturbed.… (més)