Reflections on Progress

Kemal Dervis

doi:10.5771/9780815729624

Summary

Now, more than ever, the world needs growth-oriented and socially inclusive policymaking.

Is the world giving up on the promise of ever-greater prosperity for all, on functioning democratic institutions, and on long-term peace? Is the special set of circumstances that led to the recent rapid growth in emerging markets unlikely to be present in the future? Will the second decade of the twenty first century end with secular stagnation”? Does the rise of authoritarianism, populism, and fanatic nihilismall experienced over the last few yearsthreaten to unravel what has been built painstakingly since the catastrophe of World War II?

Kemal Dervis addresses these and similar questions in this thought-provoking series of essays written for Project Syndicate from 2011 to 2015. The essays are organized in three sections: global economic interdependence, inequality and the political economy of reform, and the specific challenge of Europe.

The common theme is the need for growth-oriented and socially inclusive policymaking in an interdependent world. These kinds of policies offer the potential for another wave of unprecedented human progress aided by breathtaking new technologies. However, a huge and destabilizing disruption is possible if policymaking is not globally cooperative and is not focused on inclusion and greater equity.

These essays synthesize the experience and analysis of a scholar and policymaker with national, regional, and international experience at the highest levels. Dervis exhibits a passion for combining strongly held values with political feasibility.

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Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-2961-7
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-2962-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 2
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. Global Imbalances and Domestic Inequality No access
2. A World of Convergence No access
3. Austere Growth? No access
4. Should Central Banks Target Employment? No access
5. The Great Disconnect No access
6. The End of Convergence? No access
7. Northern Europe's Drag on the World Economy No access
8. Catching Up at Different Speeds No access
9. Tailspin or Turbulence? No access
10. The Future of Economic Progress No access
11. The Oil Price Opportunity No access
12. Can Trade Agreements Stop Currency Manipulation? No access
13. Is Uber a Threat to Democracy? No access
1. The Inequality Trap No access
2. What Role for the State? No access
3. The Centrists Cannot Hold No access
4. Economic Policy's Narrative Imperative No access
5. Balancing the Technocrats No access
6. The Next Social Contract No access
7. The Great War and Global Governance No access
8. Good Governance and Economic Performance No access
9. The Great Income Divide No access
10. A Great Breakdown? No access
11. Publicly Funded Inequality No access
12. The Paradox of Identity Politics No access
13. A New Birth for Social Democracy? No access
14. Restoring Yesterday's Hope for Tomorrow's World No access
1. The Global Future of Europe's Crisis No access
2. Rebalancing the Eurozone No access
3. Mario Draghi's Guns of August No access
4. Europe's Vital French Connection No access
5. Back to the Brink for the Eurozone? No access
6. David Cameron's European Spaghetti Bowl No access
7. The European Consequences of Germany's Election No access
8. Europe's Political Transcendence No access
9. Democracy in Europe No access
10. Revamping Europe's Tattered Social Contract No access
11. Europe's Franco-German Dream Team No access
12. Still No Exit for Greece No access
13. Fiscal Austerity Versus European Society No access
14. E. Pluribus Europe? No access
15. Two Europes in One No access
Notes No access Pages 163 - 174
Index No access Pages 175 - 2