Publisher, Tantor Audio (February 2011)

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New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo examines how the West's flawed financial decisions and blinkered political and military choices have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world.

In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial decisions and blinkered political and military choices have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world. As Western economies hover on the brink of recession, emerging economies post double-digit growth rates. And whereas in the past, emerging economies lived and died by America's economic performance, now they look to other emerging countries to buy their goods and fuel their success.

Formerly a consultant for the World Bank and an investment banker specializing in emerging markets at Goldman Sachs, Moyo daringly claims that the West can no longer afford to simply regard the up-and-comers as menacing gate-crashers. How the West Was Lost reveals not only the economic myopia of the West but also the radical solutions that it needs to adopt in order to assert itself as a global economic power once again.

About the Author: Born and raised in Zambia, Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who writes on the macro economy and global affairs. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from Oxford University and her master's degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Dead Aid, which details the inefficacy of development aid for poor countries. Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time magazine, she writes regularly for Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

About the Narrator: Anne Flosnik is an accomplished British actress with lead credits on stage, television, commercials, and voice-overs. A seasoned narrator, she has garnered two AudioFile Earphones Awards, an ALA Award, and three Audie Award nominations. Her narration of Little Bee by Chris Cleave was chosen as one of the Best Audiobooks of the Year by AudioFile magazine and one of the Top 40 Best Audiobooks of 2009 by Library Journal.