New Cosmopolitans and the Competitive Edge - Picking Globalism's Winners and Losers
In 'The Global Me', Wall Street Journal writer G Pascal Zachary provides a provocative roadmap to the new civilisation arising out of sweeping shifts in the world economy. Through vivid examples of individuals and institutions he reveals that they key "secrets to success" for economic, political and cultural dominance do not lie in a nation's size, military strength or natural resources, but in its openness to absorbing values and people from around the world. Roaming the globe, Zachary shows how the rise of new forms of identity and migration are helping to determine who will win and lose in the next century.
Zachary's thesis isn't just about countries, but individuals too. In this tour of a new global civilisation, we meet a fascinating gallery of characters who possess an intriguing mix of "roots" and "wings". Strong enough to know who they are, they are nevertheless ceaselessly becoming someone else - and in the process bestowing the gifts of creativity and social harmony on the cities and states that they call home.
