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TURNAROUND
Third World Lessons for First World Growth

Peter Blair Henry
Basic Books, March 12, 2013 (240 pages)

"A timely, provocative, and instructive book for policy-makers, CEOs, and ordinary citizens alike. It's a new world, and Peter Henry shares the lessons with us all."
Tom Brokaw        

“A concise and controversial statement of what needs to be overcome if the world economy is to return to the path of growth and stability."
Kirkus Review

THIRTY YEARS AGO China seemed hopelessly mired in poverty, Mexico triggered the Third World Debt Crisis, and Brazil suffered under hyperinflation. Since then, these and other developing countries have turned themselves around, while First World nations, battered by crises, depend more than ever on sustained growth in emerging markets.

In Turnaround, economist Peter Blair Henry argues that the secret to emerging countries' success (and ours) is discipline–sustained commitment to a pragmatic growth strategy. With the global economy teetering on the brink, the stakes are higher than ever. And because stakes are so high for all nations, we need less polarization and more focus on facts to answer the fundamental question: which policy reforms, implemented under what circumstances, actually increase economic efficiency?

Pushing past the tired debates, Henry shows that the stock market's forecasts of policy impact provide an important complement to traditional measures.

Through examples ranging from the drastic income disparity between Barbados and his native Jamaica to the "catch up" economics of China and the taming of inflation in Latin America, Henry shows that in much of the emerging world the policy pendulum now swings toward prudence and self-control. With similar discipline and a dash of humility, he concludes, the First World may yet recover and create long-term prosperity for all its citizens.

 

PETER BLAIR HENRY is the Dean of New York University's Stern School of Business and a former Professor of International Economics at Stanford University. In 2008, he led Barack Obama's Presidential Transition Team in its review of international lending agencies such as the IMG and World Bank. A member of the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Kraft Goods Group, Peter received his PhD in economics from MIT and Bachelor's degrees from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar and a finalist in the 1991 campus-wide slam dunk competition. Born in Jamaica, Peter became a US citizen in 1986. He lives in New York City with his wife of 17 years and their four sons.

When
October 8th, 2013 from  6:00 PM to  8:00 PM
Location
Columbia Business School
United States
Contact
Phone: 212-854-2176