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DESCRIPTION:“This solemn examination of the severe problems facing the U.S. 
 today...offers a practical, useful roadmap for change if politicians will 
 follow.”—Publishers Weekly\n\nA leading forecaster of economic and 
 political trends takes a sharp look at the decline of American influence in 
 the world, and how it can prepare for the new reality.\n\nThe age of 
 American global dominance is ending. Today, a host of forces are converging 
 to challenge its cherished notion of exceptionalism, and risky economic and 
 foreign policies have steadily eroded the power structure in place since 
 the Cold War. Staggering under a huge burden of debt, the country must make 
 some tough choices—or cede sovereignty to its creditors. In The 
 Reckoning, Michael Moran, geostrategy analyst, explores the challenges 
 ahead -- and what, if anything, can be prevent chaos as America loses its 
 perch at the top of the mountain. \n\nCovering developments like 
 unprecedented information technologies, the growing prosperity of China, 
 India, Brazil, and Turkey, and the diminished importance of Wall Street in 
 the face of global markets, Moran warns that the coming shift will  have 
 serious consequences not just for the United States, but for the wider 
 world. Countries that have traditionally depended on the United States for 
 protection and global stability will have to fend for themselves. Moran 
 describes how, with a bit of wise leadership, America can transition to 
 this new world order gracefully—by managing entitlements, reigniting 
 sustainable growth, reforming immigration policy, launching new regional 
 dialogues that bring friend and rival together in cooperative multinational 
 structures, and breaking the poisonous deadlock in Washington. If not, he 
 warns, history won’t wait. \n\nMichael Moran is Editor-in-Chief of 
 Renaissance Insight, the thought-leadership arm of the global investment 
 bank Renaissance Capital. Based in London and New York, Moran writes on and 
 forecasts geopolitical and economic trends for the bank's clients and is 
 author of "The Reckoning" blog on Slate. Moran worked directly with 
 renowned economist Nouriel Roubini during the 2008-2009 economic crisis 
 and, over the past 25 years, he has reported and analyzed major events for 
 the world’s leading intellectual and newsgathering institutions, winning 
 numerous awards for his work on behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations, 
 the BBC, MSNBC.com, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/29/18710360.php
SUMMARY:Michael Moran -- The Reckoning: Debt, Democracy, and the Future of American Power
LOCATION:The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco 94117
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/29/18710360.php
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