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Winner Take All
Dambisa Moyo
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Description for Winner Take All
Paperback. Examines the misconceptions and noise surrounding resource scarcity with a penetrating analysis of what really is at stake. Tracing its breathtaking quest for resources - from Africa to Latin America, North America to Europe, the author examines the impact it is having on us all, and its profound implications for our future. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCN; KCP; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals, arable land, and water and the political Armageddon that will result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply. But how true is this picture? In Winner Take All, Dambisa Moyo cuts through the misconceptions and noise surrounding resource scarcity with a penetrating analysis of what really is at stake. China, Moyo reveals, has embarked on one of the greatest commodity rushes in history. Tracing its breathtaking quest for resources - from Africa to Latin America, North America ... Read more
Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals, arable land, and water and the political Armageddon that will result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply. But how true is this picture? In Winner Take All, Dambisa Moyo cuts through the misconceptions and noise surrounding resource scarcity with a penetrating analysis of what really is at stake. China, Moyo reveals, has embarked on one of the greatest commodity rushes in history. Tracing its breathtaking quest for resources - from Africa to Latin America, North America ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241956175
SKU
V9780241956175
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-92
About Dambisa Moyo
Dambisa Moyo is the critically acclaimed author of How The West Was Lost and Dead Aid. She was chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009. She holds a PhD in Economics from Oxford University and a Masters from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and has worked at the World Bank ... Read more
Reviews for Winner Take All
Moyo's diagnosis of the recent disasters in financial markets is succinct and sophisticated...I applaud her brave alarum
Paul Collier
The Observer
[Praise for How The West Was Lost] Moyo is a very serious lady indeed
Dominic Lawson
The Times
For anyone longing to make sense of tectonic, eco-political shifts occurring in the commodities market, ... Read more
Paul Collier
The Observer
[Praise for How The West Was Lost] Moyo is a very serious lady indeed
Dominic Lawson
The Times
For anyone longing to make sense of tectonic, eco-political shifts occurring in the commodities market, ... Read more