{"product_id":"global-discord-by-paul-tucker-9780691232089","title":"Global Discord","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan the international economic and legal system survive today's fractured geopolitics? Democracies are facing a drawn-out contest with authoritarian states that is entangling much of public policy with global security issues. In \u003cem\u003eGlobal Discord\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul Tucker lays out principles for a sustainable system of international cooperation, showing how democracies can deal with China and other illiberal states without sacrificing their deepest political values. Drawing on three decades as a central banker and regulator, Tucker applies these principles to the international monetary order, including the role of the U.S. dollar, trade and investment regimes, and the financial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining history, economics, and political and legal philosophy, Tucker offers a new account of international relations. Rejecting intellectual traditions that go back to Hobbes, Kant, and Grotius, and deploying instead ideas from David Hume, Bernard Williams, and modern mechanism-design economists, Tucker describes a new kind of political realism that emphasizes power and interests without sidelining morality. Incentives must be aligned with values if institutions are to endure. The connecting tissue for a system of international cooperation, he writes, should be legitimacy, creating a world of concentric circles in which we cooperate more with those with whom we share the most and whom we fear the least.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an important book.\u003c\/strong\u003e — Martin Wolf, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmbitious and illuminating.\u003c\/strong\u003e — Niall Ferguson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362594373868,"sku":"9780691232089","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3b32763851e0b611c5cc19ba3f29e64d.jpg?v=1772937512","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/global-discord-by-paul-tucker-9780691232089","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}