{"title":"John Micklethwait","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore insightful analyses of global business and political trends with John Micklethwait's compelling books. Perfect for readers seeking a deeper understanding of our ever-changing world. Start your journey today.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"company-book-john-micklethwait-9780297847267","title":"The Company","description":"This is a history of Britain's most influential invention - an idea which gave birth to the Industrial Revolution and which underpins modern life. The present day might be called a corporate age but the power of the company is nothing new: From Renaissance Italy to the British East India Company, it is impossible to understand the history of the last few hundred years without placing the humble company at the centre of the picture. What other institution could have produced the slave trade, opium wars, the stock market and the British Empire, the 'company man' and globalization? The history of the company includes some shocking tales, since companies have always rewarded some of the most greedy and unscrupulous - but they have also undoubtedly shaped the modern world. Today companies are increasingly regulated, but will there always be a new South Sea Bubble or another Enron? The authors extend their historical account to look at the company's future, which is, surprisingly, as smaller and more diverse. They explode the myth of a 'silent takeover' by corporations and challenge the assumptions of the anti-globalization movement, but make the ongoing power of the company abundantly clear.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49508956963089,"sku":"GOR002988549","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555167019281,"sku":"GOR011547743","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642178543889,"sku":"GOR006038375","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0297847260.jpg?v=1751454678"},{"product_id":"company-book-john-micklethwait-9780753820407","title":"The Company","description":"A unique history of Britain's most influential invention - from the East India Company to Enron  The present day might be called a corporate age but the power of the company is nothing new: From Renaissance Italy to the British East India Company, it is impossible to understand the history of the last few hundred years without placing the humble company at the centre of the picture. What other institution could have produced the slave trade, opium wars, the stock market and the British Empire, the 'company man' and globalization?    The history of the company includes some shocking tales, since companies have always rewarded some of the most greedy and unscrupulous - but they have also undoubtedly shaped the modern world. Today companies are increasingly regulated, but will there always be a new South Sea Bubble or another Enron? The authors extend their historical account to look at the company's future, which is, surprisingly, as smaller and more diverse. They explode the myth of a 'silent takeover' by corporations and challenge the assumptions of the anti-globalization movement, but make the ongoing power of the company abundantly clear.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49524364312849,"sku":"GOR001322566","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49730839642385,"sku":"NGR9780753820407","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50850795651345,"sku":"GOR002026171","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51564407718161,"sku":"GOR005639804","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53682273026321,"sku":"CIN0753820404G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0753820404.jpg?v=1772707618"},{"product_id":"company-book-john-micklethwait-9780812972870","title":"The Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eChosen by \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWith apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge chart the rise of one of history's great catalysts for good and evil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a fast-paced and well-written work (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e), the authors reveal how innovations such as limitations on liability have permitted companies to rival religions and even states in importance, governing the flow of wealth and controlling human affairs-all while being largely exempt from the rules that govern our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare, remarkable book that fills a major gap we scarcely knew existed. With it, we are better able to make sense of the past four centuries, as well as the events of today.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527665361169,"sku":"GOR002378148","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49763768467729,"sku":"CIN0812972872G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49968841228561,"sku":"CIN0812972872A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50138902692113,"sku":"CIN0812972872VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812972872.jpg?v=1751330171"},{"product_id":"witch-doctors-book-john-micklethwait-9780812928334","title":"The Witch Doctors","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49536112984337,"sku":"CIN0812928334G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572493492497,"sku":"GOR003003478","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51304387805457,"sku":"GOR003519941","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51883958370577,"sku":"CIN0812928334VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812928334.jpg?v=1750703017"},{"product_id":"witch-doctors-book-john-micklethwait-9780749326456","title":"The Witch Doctors","description":"A critique of management theory and the gurus who promote it. The authors, who spent two years travelling through Britain, the USA and the Far East, studying companies as they struggled to manage themselves, sort through the muddle of modern management theory and aim to explain it in plain English.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49539860136209,"sku":"GOR002974097","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49574813368593,"sku":"GOR001343314","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/074932645X.jpg?v=1751232207"},{"product_id":"witch-dictirs-book-john-micklethwait-9780812929881","title":"Witch Dictirs","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555776897297,"sku":"GOR004822431","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50095169536273,"sku":"CIN0812929888G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50139285881105,"sku":"CIN0812929888A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812929888.jpg?v=1750703019"},{"product_id":"witch-doctors-book-john-micklethwait-9780434002825","title":"The Witch Doctors","description":"This critical assessment of management gurus dissects the management theory phenomenon. The book questions whether such theories help or hinder your business and asks whether such theories should be treated as a serious discipline alongside economics and philosophy.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49586532155665,"sku":"GOR002067637","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108454887697,"sku":"GOR002105843","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0434002828.jpg?v=1751391573"},{"product_id":"world-tomorrow-book-john-micklethwait-9780434007516","title":"World Tomorrow","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49593776996625,"sku":"GOR006129632","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50942508433681,"sku":"GOR004885672","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51797552333073,"sku":"GOR006365790","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/043400751X.jpg?v=1751007357"},{"product_id":"right-nation-book-john-micklethwait-9781594200205","title":"The Right Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/b\u003e is not for liberals, and it's not for conservatives. It's for any of us who want to understand one of the most important forces shaping American life. How did America's government become so much more conservative in just a generation? Compared to Europe-or to America under Richard Nixon-even President Howard Dean would preside over a distinctly more conservative nation in many crucial respects: welfare is gone; the death penalty is deeply rooted; abortion is under siege; regulations are being rolled back; the pillars of New Deal liberalism are turning to sand. Conservative positions have not prevailed everywhere, of course, but this book shows us why they've been so successfully advanced over such a broad front: because the battle has been waged by well-organized, shrewd, and committed troops who to some extent have been lucky in their enemies.\u003cp\u003eJohn Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, like modern-day Tocquevilles, have the perspective to see this vast subject in the round, unbeholden to forces on either side. They steer \u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e's coverage of the United States and have unrivaled access to resources and-because of the magazine's renown for iconoclasm and analytical rigor-have had open-door access wherever the book's research has led them. And it has led them everywhere: To reckon with the American right, you have to get out there where its centers are and understand the power flow among the brain trusts, the mouthpieces, the organizers, and the foot soldiers. The authors write with wit and skewer whole herds of sacred cows, but they also bring empathy to bear on a subject that sees all too little of it. You won't recognize this America from the far-left's or the far-right's caricatures. Divided into three parts-history, anatomy, and prophecy-\u003cb\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/b\u003e comes neither to bury the American conservative movement nor to praise it blindly but to understand it, in all its dimensions, as the most powerful and effective political movement of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003eFROM KENNEBUNKPORT TO CRAWFORD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Lewis Namier, the great historian of English politics in the age of George III, once remarked that English history, and especially English parliamentary history, is made by families rather than individuals. The same could be said of American political history, especially in the age of George I and George II. There is no better introduction to the radical transformation of Republicanism in the past generation-from patrician to populist, from Northeastern to Southwestern, from pragmatic to ideological-than the radical transformation of Republicanism's current leading family, the Bushes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrandfather Prescott\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bushes began political life as classic establishment Republicans: WASPs who summered in Kennebunkport, educated their children at boarding schools and the Ivy League and claimed family ties to the British royal family (Queen Elizabeth II is the thirteenth cousin of the first President Bush). George W.'s paternal great-grandfather, Samuel P. Bush, was a steel and railroad executive who became the first president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a founding member of the United States Chamber of Commerce. His maternal great-grandfather, George Herbert Walker, was even grander. The cofounder of W. A. Harriman, Wall Street's oldest private investment bank, Walker's stature was summed up by his twin Manhattan addresses: his office at One Wall Street and his home at One Sutton Place. There was certainly muck beneath this brass: both Walker and Bush had their share of Wall Street shenanigans and cozy government deals, but in the age...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609463431441,"sku":"GOR002752712","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49639571357969,"sku":"GOR004073232","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50385502634257,"sku":"CIN1594200203G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51325025648913,"sku":"CIN1594200203VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52956899770641,"sku":"CIN1594200203A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594200203.jpg?v=1751422156"},{"product_id":"right-nation-book-john-micklethwait-9780143035398","title":"The Right Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/b\u003e is not \"for\" liberals, and it's not \"for\" conservatives. It's for any of us who want to understand one of the most important forces shaping American life. How did America's government become so much more conservative in just a generation? Compared to Europe-or to America under Richard Nixon-even President Howard Dean would preside over a distinctly more conservative nation in many crucial respects: welfare is go≠ the death penalty is deeply rooted; abortion is under sie≥ regulations are being rolled back; the pillars of New Deal liberalism are turning to sand. Conservative positions have not prevailed everywhere, of course, but this book shows us why they've been so successfully advanced over such a broad front: because the battle has been waged by well-organized, shrewd, and committed troops who to some extent have been lucky in their enemies. \u003cp\u003eJohn Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, like modern-day Tocquevilles, have the perspective to see this vast subject in the round, unbeholden to forces on either side. They steer \u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e's coverage of the United States and have unrivaled access to resources and-because of the magazine's renown for iconoclasm and analytical rigor-have had open-door access wherever the book's research has led them. And it has led them everywhere: To reckon with the American right, you have to get out there where its centers are and understand the power flow among the brain trusts, the mouthpieces, the organizers, and the foot soldiers. The authors write with wit and skewer whole herds of sacred cows, but they also bring empathy to bear on a subject that sees all too little of it. You won't recognize this America from the far-left's or the far-right's caricatures.  Divided into three parts-history, anatomy, and prophecy-\u003cb\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/b\u003e comes neither to bury the American conservative movement nor to praise it blindly but to understand it, in all its dimensions, as the most powerful and effective political movement of our age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003e FROM KENNEBUNKPORT TO CRAWFORD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSir Lewis Namier, the great historian of English politics in the age of George III, once remarked that \"English history, and especially English parliamentary history, is made by families rather than individuals.\" The same could be said of American political history, especially in the age of George I and George II. There is no better introduction to the radical transformation of Republicanism in the past generation-from patrician to populist, from Northeastern to Southwestern, from pragmatic to ideological-than the radical transformation of Republicanism's current leading family, the Bushes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrandfather Prescott\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bushes began political life as classic establishment Republicans: WASPs who summered in Kennebunkport, educated their children at boarding schools and the Ivy League and claimed family ties to the British royal family (Queen Elizabeth II is the thirteenth cousin of the first President Bush). George W.'s paternal great-grandfather, Samuel P. Bush, was a steel and railroad executive who became the first president of the National Association of Manufacturers and a founding member of the United States Chamber of Commerce. His maternal great-grandfather, George Herbert Walker, was even grander. The cofounder of W. A. Harriman, Wall Street's oldest private investment bank, Walker's stature was summed up by his twin Manhattan addresses: his office at One Wall Street and his home at One Sutton Place. There was certainly muck beneath this brass: both Walker and Bush had their share of Wall Street shenanigans and cozy government deals, but in the age...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49622453256465,"sku":"GOR003534006","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50344957837585,"sku":"CIN0143035398G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345612116241,"sku":"CIN0143035398A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999471702289,"sku":"NIN9780143035398","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52990878908689,"sku":"GOR007386417","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53050502381841,"sku":"CIN0143035398VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143035398.jpg?v=1751036691"},{"product_id":"company-book-john-micklethwait-9780679642497","title":"The Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eChosen by \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWith apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge chart the rise of one of history's great catalysts for good and evil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a fast-paced and well-written work (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e), the authors reveal how innovations such as limitations on liability have permitted companies to rival religions and even states in importance, governing the flow of wealth and controlling human affairs-all while being largely exempt from the rules that govern our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Company\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare, remarkable book that fills a major gap we scarcely knew existed. With it, we are better able to make sense of the past four centuries, as well as the events of today.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49772393562385,"sku":"CIN0679642498G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50168570085649,"sku":"CIN0679642498VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50331015610641,"sku":"GOR003538620","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52323664167185,"sku":"CIN0679642498A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0679642498.jpg?v=1751041060"},{"product_id":"fourth-revolution-book-john-micklethwait-9781594205392","title":"The Fourth Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dysfunctional government: It's become a clich , and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world. The West has led these revolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourth revolution, and it is Western government that is in danger of being left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, things really are different. The West's debt load is unsustainable. The developing world has harvested the low-hanging fruits. Industrialization has transformed all the peasant economies it had left to transform, and the toxic side effects of rapid developing world growth are adding to the bill. From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to New Delhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy and political effectiveness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e crystallizes the scope of the crisis and points forward to our future. The authors enjoy extraordinary access to influential figures and forces the world over, and the book is a global tour of the innovators in how power is to be wielded. The age of big government is over; the age of smart government has begun. Many of the ideas the authors discuss seem outlandish now, but the center of gravity is moving quickly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This tour drives home a powerful argument: that countries' success depends overwhelmingly on their ability to reinvent the state. And that much of the West--and particularly the United States--is failing badly in its task. China is making rapid progress with government reform at the same time as America is falling badly behind. Washington is gridlocked, and America is in danger of squandering its huge advantages from its powerful economy because of failing government. And flailing democracies like India look enviously at China's state-of-the-art airports and expanding universities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The race to get government right is not just a race of efficiency. It is a race to see which political values will triumph in the twenty-first century--the liberal values of democracy and liberty or the authoritarian values of command and control. The stakes could not be higher.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50096519315729,"sku":"CIN1594205396G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50202135593233,"sku":"CIN1594205396VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51104429310225,"sku":"GOR009020634","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594205396.jpg?v=1750719905"},{"product_id":"wake-up-call-book-john-micklethwait-9780063065291","title":"The Wake-Up Call","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[An] executive summary of modern political history studded with sweeping assertions and telling anecdotes.\" -- The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thought-provoking.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A shot in the arm...powerful.\" -- The Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Wake-Up Call, refreshingly concise and eminently readable, highlights how the modern crisis of governance compounded the challenges of the pandemic.\" -- Bloomberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Wake-Up Call argues that Covid-19 has exposed not just one president's shortcomings but a much more profound degeneration of governance dating back long before 2016...You will read no more interesting book on the political consequences of the pandemic than this.\" -- Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization: The West and the Rest \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 (BLOOMBERG)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn urgent and informed look at the challenges America and world governments will face in a post Covid-19 world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many others failed. Are Western governments healthy and strong enough to keep their citizens safe from another virulent virus--and protect their economies from collapse? Is global leadership passing from the United States to Asia--and particularly China? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wake-Up Call addresses these urgent questions. Journalists and longtime collaborators John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge identify the problems Western leaders face, and outline a detailed plan to help them become more vigilant, better prepared, and responsive to disruptive future events. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe problems that face us are enormous; as The Wake-Up Call makes clear, governments around the world must re-engineer the way they operate to successfully meet the challenges ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50185819816209,"sku":"CIN0063065290G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343724908817,"sku":"CIN0063065290VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063065290.jpg?v=1750939733"},{"product_id":"god-is-back-book-john-micklethwait-9781594202131","title":"God Is Back","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50208799621393,"sku":"CIN1594202133G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52621132431633,"sku":"GOR004301389","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52815180562705,"sku":"CIN1594202133VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53155277046033,"sku":"GOR006780096","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1594202133.jpg?v=1750799338"},{"product_id":"fourth-revolution-book-john-micklethwait-9780143127604","title":"The Fourth Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Right Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dysfunctional government: It's become a cliché, and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world. The West has led these revolutions, but now we are in the midst of a fourth revolution, and it is Western government that is in danger of being left behind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, things really are different. The West's debt load is unsustainable. The developing world has harvested the low-hanging fruits. Industrialization has transformed all the peasant economies it had left to transform, and the toxic side effects of rapid developing world growth are adding to the bill. From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to New Delhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy and political effectiveness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e crystallizes the scope of the crisis and points forward to our future. The authors enjoy extraordinary access to influential figures and forces the world over, and the book is a global tour of the innovators in how power is to be wielded. The age of big government is over; the age of smart government has begun. Many of the ideas the authors discuss seem outlandish now, but the center of gravity is moving quickly.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This tour drives home a powerful argument: that countries' success depends overwhelmingly on their ability to reinvent the state. And that much of the West--and particularly the United States--is failing badly in its task. China is making rapid progress with government reform at the same time as America is falling badly behind. Washington is gridlocked, and America is in danger of squandering its huge advantages from its powerful economy because of failing government. And flailing democracies like India look enviously at China's state-of-the-art airports and expanding universities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The race to get government right is not just a race of efficiency. It is a race to see which political values will triumph in the twenty-first century--the liberal values of democracy and liberty or the authoritarian values of command and control. The stakes could not be higher.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345652650257,"sku":"CIN0143127608G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50784161726737,"sku":"CIN0143127608VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53456920051985,"sku":"NIN9780143127604","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143127608.jpg?v=1777370530"},{"product_id":"future-perfect-book-john-micklethwait-9780812966800","title":"A Future Perfect","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Future Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time--globalization--and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence worldwide, from the shantytowns of S o Paolo to the boardrooms of General Electric, from the troubled Russia-Estonia border to the booming San Fernando Valley sex industry, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge deliver an illuminating tour of the global economy and a fascinating assessment of its potential impact.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362812956945,"sku":"CIN0812966805G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53460785627409,"sku":"CIN0812966805VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812966805.jpg?v=1770894289"},{"product_id":"wake-up-call-book-john-micklethwait-9781780724829","title":"The Wake-Up Call","description":"An urgent and informed look at the challenges Britain and world governments will face in a post-Covid-19 world.  The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. After a decade where politics in the US and the UK has been consumed with inward-facing struggles, countries like South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as China, have made extraordinary advances economically, technologically and politically.        In this beautifully crafted essay, Micklethwait and Wooldridge explain how we ended up in this mess and explore the possible routes out. If Western governments respond creatively to the crisis, they will have a chance of reversing decades of decline; if they dither and delay while Asia continues to improve, the prospect of a new Eastern-dominated world order will increase. The big question facing the world is whether the West can rise to the challenge as it has before.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50399938281745,"sku":"CIN1780724829G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1780724829.jpg?v=1751090774"},{"product_id":"god-is-back-book-john-micklethwait-9780143116837","title":"God Is Back","description":"\u003cb\u003e A landmark examination of the resurgence of faith around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Editor in Chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and its Lexington columnist show how the global rise of religion will dramatically impact our century in \u003ci\u003eGod Is Back\u003c\/i\u003e. Contrary to the popular assumption that modernism would lead to the rejection of faith, American-style evangelism has sparked a global revival. On the street and in the corridors of power the authors shine a bright light on a vast yet until now hidden world of religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twenty-first-century faith is being fueled by a very American emphasis on competition and a customer-driven attitude toward salvation. Revealing how the religion boom is destabilizing politics and the global economy, \u003ci\u003eGod Is Back\u003c\/i\u003e concludes by showing how the same American ideas that created our unique religious style can be applied to channel the rising tide of faith away from volatility and violence.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50519299555601,"sku":"GOR011029178","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51423910723857,"sku":"CIN0143116835VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52764331376913,"sku":"CIN0143116835G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143116835.jpg?v=1750737220"},{"product_id":"future-perfect-book-john-micklethwait-9780812930962","title":"A Future Perfect","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Future Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time--globalization--and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture? What will happen to individual careers? Gathering evidence worldwide, from the shantytowns of S o Paolo to the boardrooms of General Electric, from the troubled Russia-Estonia border to the booming San Fernando Valley sex industry, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge deliver an illuminating tour of the global economy and a fascinating assessment of its potential impact.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50895937077521,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50895937339665,"sku":"GOR002064368","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0812930967.jpg?v=1751043265"},{"product_id":"witch-doctors-book-john-micklethwait-9780749326708","title":"The Witch Doctors","description":"A critique of management theory and the gurus who promote it. The authors, who spent two years travelling through Britain, the USA and the Far East, studying companies as they struggled to manage themselves, sort through the muddle of modern management theory and aim to explain it in plain English.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50948939645201,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50948940693777,"sku":"GOR002168763","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53429816721681,"sku":"GOR014916269","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53624718885137,"sku":"GOR001223893","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0749326700.jpg?v=1750701391"},{"product_id":"bloomberg-way-book-john-micklethwait-9781119272311","title":"The Bloomberg Way","description":"Be fast, factual, and first with the most trusted name in business and financial reporting   The Bloomberg Way is the journalist's guide to business and financial reporting, with authoritative editorial guidance from the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52100530864401,"sku":"CIN1119272319VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781119272311.jpg?v=1757089959"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-john-micklethwait.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}