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"An economic historian looks at the decades-old battle to control the microchip industry, which has emerged as the world's most critical resource, and how it will define the conflict between the United States and China in the upcoming decades."--

In this compelling and impassioned book, Business Week chief economist Bill Wolman and Anne Colamosca say what our business and government leaders are unwilling to admit, but most Americans know in their gut: in the brave new global economy, big money holds all the cards while workers - including white-collar professionals - are increasingly expendable. Until now, our leaders have chosen to ignore that the new global economy has rewritten the economic...

Drawing on a wide range of interviews with industry leaders, including Toyota's Fujio Cho, Nissan's Carlos Ghosn, Chrysler's Dieter Zetsche, BMW's Helmut Panke, and GM's Robert Lutz, as well as car designers, engineers, test drivers and owners, Maynard presents a stark picture of the culture of arrogance and insularity that led American car manufacturers astray. Maynard predicts that, by the end of the decade, one of the American car makers will no...

Chronicles the high-stakes rivalry between the world's two largest aircraft manufacturers--companies that will bet the house on a single airplane. Long one of America's most successful corporations--and its biggest exporter--Boeing struggled to maintain 50% of the market share for commercial aircraft after being overtaken by European upstart Airbus in the late 1990s. But Airbus did not remain on top for long--by 2006, the company suffered from mismanagement...