The Grand Convergence Economic and Political Aspects of Human Progress

by Yunker, James A.

• ISBN13: 9780230103757
• ISBN10: 0230103758
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Grand Convergence describes, evaluates, and advocates for sweeping changes in our global economic and political structure that would ensure the prospects of global human civilization as we confront an uncertain and hazardous future. It argues both for the Marshall Plan as well as for a limited federal world government to replace the quasi-anarchic international regime of today.

Author Biography

James A. Yunker is Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University and the author of ten books including Common Progress: The Case for a World Economic Equalization Program and Political Globalization: A New Vision of Federal World Government. 

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
Looking Ahead: The Long View	p. 1
Triumph or Tragedy	p. 1
A Long-Term Trend	p. 6
Nuclear and Other Nightmares	p. 11
What Should Be Done?	p. 19
Political Convergence: Supernational Federation	p. 31
A Pragmatic Blueprint	p. 31
Key Limitations and Authorizations	p. 41
Purposes and Policies	p. 57
Economic Convergence: Global Marshall Plan	p. 71
Economic Realities: Good and Bad	p. 71
Foreign Development Assistance	p. 84
World Economic Equalization Program	p. 92
Evaluation of the Program	p. 105
On the Practicality of Federal World Government	p. 113
Antecedents of World Federalism	p. 113
Twentieth-Century Proposals	p. 123
The Heterogeneity Bugaboo	p. 136
The Issue of Nationalism	p. 146
On the Advisability of Federal World Government	p. 153
The Global Governance Myth	p. 153
The New World Order	p. 164
What Is the "Utopian Delusion"?	p. 175
Drift versus Direction	p. 185
The Next Step: Summary and Conclusion	p. 197
Outline of the Argument	p. 197
How is It Possible?	p. 212
A Final Word	p. 225
Notes	p. 231
Index	p. 239
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