Exile Economics

<B>THE MUST-READ GUIDE TO THE TRADE WAR</B><BR/><BR/><B>'A smart, vivid and humane account of the way the world really works' TIM HARFORD<BR/><BR/> 'This is the book to read if you want to understand what might be about to hit the world economy' EVAN DAVIS</B><BR/><BR/><B>The dangerous race for self-sufficiency has begun. Be warned.</B><BR/><BR/> Nations are turning away from each other. Faith in globalisaton has been fatally undermined by the pandemic, the energy crisis, surging trade frictions and swelling great power rivalry. A new vision is vying to replace what we've known for many decades. This vision - Exile Economics - entails a rejection of interdependence, a downgrading of multilateral collaboration and a striving for greater national self-sufficiency. The supporters of this new order argue it will establish genuine security, prosperity and peace. But is this promise achievable? Or a seductive delusion?<BR/><BR/> Through the stories of globally traded commodities - from silicon to steel and from soybeans to solar panels - economics journalist Ben Chu illustrates the intricate web of interdependence that has come to bind nations together - and underlines the dangers of this new push to isolationism. <I>Exile Economics</I> is an essential guide to this new world in all its promise and peril.