The Fractured Age

<p><b>As globalisation folds, where will the economic fault lines split and how deep will they run? </b><br><br>In an eminently clear-sighted reckoning, <i>The Fractured Age</i> lays out the threats and opportunities confronting the world economy over the next decade and maps the uneven blocs that are set to emerge from a world in flux. The geopolitical tectonic plates of the planet have shifted back into action and the increased pressures their movements are bringing to bear will stress all our existing financial and commercial structures, habits and orthodoxies.<br><br>In a fractured world friends will matter. As the US and China pull apart, it will become increasingly difficult for governments to remain neutral, causing countries to coalesce into two blocs: one that aligns primarily with Washington and another that aligns primarily with Beijing. Policy choices within these blocs will be shaped increasingly by geopolitical considerations. Yet the global economy is not splitting down