{"product_id":"the-fourth-revolution-the-global-race-to-reinvent-the-state-paperback","title":"The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Micklethwait\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdrian Wooldridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dysfunctional government: It's become a cliché, and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world. The West has led these revolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourth revolution, and it is Western government that is in danger of being left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, things really are different. The West's debt load is unsustainable. The developing world has harvested the low-hanging fruits. Industrialization has transformed all the peasant economies it had left to transform, and the toxic side effects of rapid developing world growth are adding to the bill. From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to New Delhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy and political effectiveness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e crystallizes the scope of the crisis and points forward to our future. The authors enjoy extraordinary access to influential figures and forces the world over, and the book is a global tour of the innovators in how power is to be wielded. The age of big government is over; the age of smart government has begun. Many of the ideas the authors discuss seem outlandish now, but the center of gravity is moving quickly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This tour drives home a powerful argument: that countries' success depends overwhelmingly on their ability to reinvent the state. And that much of the West--and particularly the United States--is failing badly in its task. China is making rapid progress with government reform at the same time as America is falling badly behind. Washington is gridlocked, and America is in danger of squandering its huge advantages from its powerful economy because of failing government. And flailing democracies like India look enviously at China's state-of-the-art airports and expanding universities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The race to get government right is not just a race of efficiency. It is a race to see which political values will triumph in the twenty-first century--the liberal values of democracy and liberty or the authoritarian values of command and control. The stakes could not be higher.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Micklethwait\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eBloomberg News\u003c\/i\u003e. After studying history at Magdalen College, Oxford, he worked as a banker at Chase Manhattan before joining \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e as a finance correspondent in 1987. He served as \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e's editor in chief from 2006 to 2015 and was named an Editors' Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2010. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Adrian Wooldridge\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e's management editor and writes the Schumpeter column. He was previously based in Washington, D.C., as the Washington bureau chief, where he also wrote the Lexington column. Together they are the authors of five books: \u003ci\u003eThe Witch Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Future Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGod Is Back\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300765098291,"sku":"9780143127604","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/0DrfPXVauq9780143127604.webp?v=1777496522","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-fourth-revolution-the-global-race-to-reinvent-the-state-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}