The Icarus Curse
Surrey Books,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-57284-343-1 (ISBN)
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From former Belgian minister of finance and bestselling author Johan Van Overtveldt comes a new analysis of the economic forces that have driven us to the brink of a democratic breakdown. The Icarus Curse offers a stark assessment of the current state of Western democracies, once celebrated as the pinnacle of political and economic success. With the demise of the Soviet Union and China's emergence onto the world stage, the Western model faced no viable challengers. However, three decades later, Western democracies find themselves under siege both externally and internally. Russia, Iran, and especially China openly challenge the liberal Western order, while internally, citizens increasingly question the democratic and free market system, leading to polarization and social unrest. The political elite in most Western democracies flew too close to the sun, and now they’re crashing.
In The Icarus Curse, Van Overtveldt argues that decades of Keynesian-inspired policies have led to policy exhaustion, with politicians fueling unrealistic expectations and accumulating debt. Despite central bankers' efforts to mitigate crises, the current policy model is unsustainable, leaving little room for significant change. Yet, there is hope for redemption: Van Overtveldt reviews the ideas of Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, and Paul Volcker to put forward ideas to redesign policies for a brighter economic future.
Johan Van Overtveldt, PhD, was minister of finance in Belgium from 2014–2019, and now serves as the Chairman of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament, where he focuses on financial and monetary matters across the European Union. A trained academic economist and former journalist, he has published several books in Dutch and contributes to the Wall Street Journal Europe and other publications. He is also the author of The Mystic Hand (Agate, 2022), A Giant Reborn (Agate, 2015), The End of the Euro (Agate, 2011), Bernanke’s Test (Agate, 2009), and The Chicago School (Agate, 2007).
Foreword
Introduction
I. The Road to Exhaustion
II. Shining Lights
The Washington Giant
The Kirkcaldy Sage
The Cambridge Maestro
III. The Road to Recovery
Facing Reality
A Brave New Policy World
Epilogue
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.11.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chicago, IL |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 228 x 152 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung | |
| Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57284-343-8 / 1572843438 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57284-343-1 / 9781572843431 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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