The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Prize" joins a leading expert on the global marketplace to present an incisive overview of the risks and opportunities that are emerging as the balance of economic power shifts between government and the free market. of photos.

Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for the number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, which was also made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. The book has been translated into 12 languages. It also received the Eccles Prize for best book on an economic subject for a general audience.



Of Dr. Yergin's subsequent book, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, the Wall Street Journal said: ?No one could ask for a better account of the world's political and economic destiny since World War II.? This book has been translated into 13 languages and Dr. Yergin led the team that turned it into a six-hour PBS/BBC documentary ? the major PBS television series on globalization. The series received three Emmy nominations, a CINE Golden Eagle Award and the New York Festival's Gold World Medal for best documentary. Dr. Yergin's other books include Shattered Peace, an award-winning history of the origins of the Cold War, Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World (with Thane Gustafson), and Energy Future: The Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School, which he edited with Robert Stobaugh.

CONTENTS

Introduction: At the Frontier

1 Thirty Glorious Years: Europe's Mixed Economy

2 The Curse of Bigness: America's Regulatory Capitalism

3 Tryst with Destiny: The Rise of the Third World

4 The Mad Monk: Britain's Market Revolution

5 Crisis of Confidence: The Global Critique

6 Beyond the Miracle: Asia's Emergence

7 The Color of the Cat: China's Transformation

8 After the Permit Raj: India's Awakening

9 Playing by the Rules: The New Game in Latin America

10 Ticket to the Market: The Journey After Communism

11 The Predicament: Europe's Search for a New Social Contract

12 The Delayed Revolution: Americas New Balance

13 The Balance of Confidence: The World After Reform

Chronology

Notes

Interviews

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index