Book description
Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with
constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals,
arable land, and water and the political Armageddon that will
result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply. But how true
is this picture?
In Winner Take All, Dambisa Moyo cuts through the
misconceptions and noise surrounding resource scarcity with a
penetrating analysis of what really is at stake. Examining the
operations of commodity markets and the geopolitical shifts they have
triggered, she reveals the hard facts behind the insatiable global
demand for economic growth. In this race for global resources, China
is way out in front.
China, Moyo reveals, has embarked on one of the greatest commodity
rushes in history. Tracing its breathtaking quest for resources - from
Africa to Latin America, North America to Europe - she examines the
impact it is having on us all, and its profound implications for our
future. What, Moyo asks, will be the financial and human effects of
all this - and is large-scale resource conflict inevitable or avoidable?
Instead of another polemic, Winner Take All is a clear-eyed
look at the realities we all need to face if we want a just, balanced
and peaceful global economy for the 21st century.
Dambisa Moyo is the critically acclaimed author of
How The West
Was Lost
and
Dead Aid.
She was chosen as one of
Time Magazine's
100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009. She holds a PhD in
Economics from Oxford University and a Masters from Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government, and has worked at the World Bank and
Goldman Sachs. She was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia.
