Turnaround Third World Lessons for First World Growth

""Turnaround" straddles the developed and developing world. It reaches conclusions that run counter to a growing sense among many Americans that globalization has hurt the U.S. economy more than it has helped, especially for the middle class.... [Henry's] strongest pitch may be a sort of technocratic optimism: the resounding belief that if developing countries can reverse a cycle of poverty and economic dysfunction and begin to grow rapidly, then the United States can, too."
--Jim Tankersley, "Washington Post" ""Turnaround" weaves together a medley of history and data.... Henry's interpretation of data can be illuminating."
--"USA Today" "A thoughtful...book about the world's financial ills.... It is not an easy sale these days for governments to reduce spending, increase their revenues, and devalue currencies, but judging from Henry's very reasoned arguments and expansive case histories, it might be the only solution."
--"Booklist" "Henry...show[s] how developing nations sometimes exhibit or are coerced into greater economic realism than G-8 countries.... [T]his readable volume...contains enough insight into global affairs and international economics to attract readers beyond universities and think tanks."
--"Publishers Weekly" "A concise and controversial statement of what needs to be overcome if the world economy is to return to the path of growth and stability."
--"Kirkus Reviews" "Peter Henry had the original thought that the experiences of 'emerging economies' may contain lessons for advanced economies. He shows that they do, but not in any crude cookie-cutter way. The vital common thread is the capacity to form a future-oriented policy and stick to it with discipline. This is why we--all of us--need grown-ups."
--Robert M. Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics (1987) "A riveting tour of postwar world growth, replete with policy successes and devastating mistakes, "Turnaround" is essential reading for an