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The Long-term International Economic Position of the United States
Special Report 20
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- Book details for The Long-term International Economic Position of the United States
- Special Report
- C.Fred Bergsten (editor)
- Paperback, 221 x 150 x 8mm , 92 pp, illustrations
- 15 Jun 2009
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- 0881324329
- 9780881324327
This timely and authoritative book looks at the long-run prospects for the international economic position of the United States, with particular focus on the growth of the US trade deficit and growing foreign debt and prospective foreign financing of this debt. It provides a fundamental framework for the development of US fiscal and other economic policies, especially responses to the current global financial and economic crisis. The book argues that the long-term outlook is extremely worrisome and potentially very costly - in foreign policy and national security as well as economic terms. As the country (and the world) emerges from the global crisis, and continues fashioning policy responses to the crisis itself, it is essential to keep the long-run considerations firmly in mind. To put the United States back on a secure financial footing requires early and decisive policy actions, perhaps even in tandem with the near-term stimulus and housing initiatives, to address the ever-escalating costs of the major entitlement programs, Social Security and especially Medicare/Medicaid, and thus the country's overall fiscal position. C. Fred Bergsten and other experts from the Peterson Institute for International Economics assess the outlook for the trade and budget deficits to 2030 and analyze both the role of the foreign imbalances in triggering the crisis and how the crisis itself affects the (un)sustainability of future deficits.
C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics was assistant secretary for international affairs at the US Treasury (1977-81); and assistant for international economic affairs to Dr. Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council (1969-71); He was ranked 37 in the top 50 "Who Really Moves the Markets?" (Fidelity Investment's Worth) and as "one of the ten people who can change your life" (USA Today). He is the author, coauthor, or editor of 40 books on a wide range of international economic issues, including China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities (2008), China: The Balance Sheet What the World Needs to Know Now about the Emerging Superpower (2006), The United States and the World Economy (2005), Dollar Adjustment: How Far? Against What? (2004), Dollar Overvaluation and the World Economy (2003).
Introduction; The Global Crisis of 2008-09 and the International Economic Position of the United States; Chapter 2; Long-Term Fiscal Imbalances, US External Liabilities, and Future Living Standards; Chapter 3; International Capital Flows and the Sustainability of the US Current Account Deficit; Chapter 4; National Security Risks from Accumulation of Foreign Debt.
