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The Global Race to Reinvent the State
The Global Race to Reinvent the State
By John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
By John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
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Category: Economics | Politics
Category: Economics | Politics
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About The Fourth Revolution
From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionaryargument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than thefourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state
Dysfunctional government: It’s become a cliché,and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothingis ever going to change. As John Micklethwait andAdrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriouslylimited view of things. In fact, there have beenthree great revolutions in government in thehistory of the modern world. The West has led theserevolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourthrevolution, and it is Western government that is indanger of being left behind.
Now, things really are different. The West’s debtload is unsustainable. The developing world hasharvested the low-hanging fruits. Industrializationhas transformed all the peasant economies it hadleft to transform, and the toxic side effects of rapiddeveloping world growth are adding to the bill.From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to NewDelhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy andpolitical effectiveness.
The Fourth Revolution crystallizes the scope of thecrisis and points forward to our future. The authorsenjoy extraordinary access to influential figures andforces the world over, and the book is a global tourof the innovators in how power is to be wielded.The age of big government is over; the age of smartgovernment has begun. Many of the ideas theauthors discuss seem outlandish now, but the centerof gravity is moving quickly.
This tour drives home a powerful argument:that countries’ success depends overwhelmingly ontheir ability to reinvent the state. And that muchof the West—and particularly the United States—is failing badly in its task. China is making rapidprogress with government reform at the same timeas America is falling badly behind. Washington isgridlocked, and America is in danger of squanderingits huge advantages from its powerful economybecause of failing government. And flailingdemocracies like India look enviously at China’sstate-of-the-art airports and expanding universities.
The race to get government right is not just arace of efficiency. It is a race to see which politicalvalues will triumph in the twenty-first century—the liberal values of democracy and liberty or theauthoritarian values of command and control. Thestakes could not be higher.
About The Fourth Revolution
From the bestselling authors of The Right Nation, a visionaryargument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than thefourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state
Dysfunctional government: It’s become a cliché,and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothingis ever going to change. As John Micklethwait andAdrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriouslylimited view of things. In fact, there have beenthree great revolutions in government in thehistory of the modern world. The West has led theserevolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourthrevolution, and it is Western government that is indanger of being left behind.
Now, things really are different. The West’s debtload is unsustainable. The developing world hasharvested the low-hanging fruits. Industrializationhas transformed all the peasant economies it hadleft to transform, and the toxic side effects of rapiddeveloping world growth are adding to the bill.From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to NewDelhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy andpolitical effectiveness.
The Fourth Revolution crystallizes the scope of thecrisis and points forward to our future. The authorsenjoy extraordinary access to influential figures andforces the world over, and the book is a global tourof the innovators in how power is to be wielded.The age of big government is over; the age of smartgovernment has begun. Many of the ideas theauthors discuss seem outlandish now, but the centerof gravity is moving quickly.
This tour drives home a powerful argument:that countries’ success depends overwhelmingly ontheir ability to reinvent the state. And that muchof the West—and particularly the United States—is failing badly in its task. China is making rapidprogress with government reform at the same timeas America is falling badly behind. Washington isgridlocked, and America is in danger of squanderingits huge advantages from its powerful economybecause of failing government. And flailingdemocracies like India look enviously at China’sstate-of-the-art airports and expanding universities.
The race to get government right is not just arace of efficiency. It is a race to see which politicalvalues will triumph in the twenty-first century—the liberal values of democracy and liberty or theauthoritarian values of command and control. Thestakes could not be higher.
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About John Micklethwait
John Micklethwait is theeditor in chiefofBloomberg News, and was previously theeditor in chiefofThe Economistfrom 2006 to 2015. He has won… More about John Micklethwait
About Adrian Wooldridge
Adrian Wooldridge is a Washington correspondent forThe Economistand was its West Coast bureau chief, based in Los Angeles. He is… More about Adrian Wooldridge
About John Micklethwait
John Micklethwait is theeditor in chiefofBloomberg News, and was previously theeditor in chiefofThe Economistfrom 2006 to 2015. He has won… More about John Micklethwait
About Adrian Wooldridge
Adrian Wooldridge is a Washington correspondent forThe Economistand was its West Coast bureau chief, based in Los Angeles. He is… More about Adrian Wooldridge
Product Details
Category: Economics | Politics
Paperback | $17.00
Published by Penguin Books
Jul 14, 2015 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143127604
Category: Economics | Politics
Ebook | $4.99
Published by Penguin Books
May 15, 2014 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9781101606629
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Praise
“This is an important book. This book changes everything.”
Tyler Cowan, Marginal Revolution:“It is probably the best current manifesto on the proper roles for market and state…. This book is also the single best statement of the thesis that these days government simply is not working very well, and that such an insight is recognized by many voters better than by many intellectuals. Definitely recommended.”
The Daily Mail (UK):“Splendid.”
The Telegraph:“Superb…. Micklethwait and Wooldridge’s must-read manifesto is a plea for more reform, inspired this time by successful reforms in other countries and the harnessing of the digital revolution.”
Seattle Times:“[The authors] offer thoughtful proposals…. a useful look at America from the outside in.”
Times of London
:“The basic argument of this well-written, intelligent book is twofold. First reform [of the state] is essential. Second, reform is possible because it is happening all over the world and because new technology is available. By the end of reading The Fourth Revolution it is hard to deny either of these points.”
Kirkus Reviews:“A different, provocative view of the challenge emerging in Asia.”
Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post American World:“This is a book with an important message. It is also one that brims with intelligence, erudition, and—best of all—common sense. I found myself nodding in agreement on almost every page.”
Walter Russell Mead:“This brilliant and courageous book is also a gripping read. At a time when most politicians and pundits on the left and the right look back to past golden ages, the Economist’s John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge dare to ask what must be done to make democracy work again. Their answers point beyond the dull nostrums of conventional politics toward new ideas and reforms that could renew the democratic systems in both the US and Europe. This is a landmark study of a vital subject, told with great verve and dash, and it is a book that no one who cares about the future of politics can afford to miss.”
Financial Times“[The Fourth Revolution’s] case is elegantly made, with big-picture philosophy and political economy punctuated by colourful detours into the world’s rising economies.”
David Brooks, The New York Times“Micklethwait and Wooldridge do an outstanding job of describing Asia’s modernizing autocracies. In some ways, these governments look more progressive than the Western model; in some ways, more conservative.”
Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books“The Fourth Revolution has.…an insatiable curiosity and an enthusiasm for reform.”
The Wall Street Journal“This book’s message is simple but severe: If the state promises too much to too many, cynicism grows, and democracy is damaged.”
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