Book · 2010 · Business & Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
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The last book, I guess this is where I got some ideas about uh tech platforms and the big picture is from Paul Kennedy, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
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Paul Kennedy had been my advisor at Yale and he had been writing the rise and fall of the great Powers his his great uh toome at the time.
Fareed Zakaria Conversations with Tyler · Mar 2024 The book the rise and fall of great powers by Paul Kennedy that worried about military and imperial military overstretch as a problem facing nations right at the end of Ronald Reagan's administration.
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy is a major historical and economic study examining the economic and strategic decline of leading global empires over the centuries. Tim Wu mentioned on The Ezra Klein Show that he drew some of his big-picture ideas about technology platforms from Paul Kennedy's work. Fareed Zakaria appeared on Conversations with Tyler and recalled that Paul Kennedy had been his advisor at Yale while writing this monumental tome at the time. Additionally, Larry Summers discussed the volume on the a16z Podcast, comparing the public reaction to Thomas Piketty's work and noting that Paul Kennedy's book had famously focused on the dangers of military and imperial overstretch facing nations near the end of the Ronald Reagan administration. The book continues to be cited by prominent public intellectuals and academics seeking to understand the cyclical nature of geopolitical dominance, imperial burdens, and the intricate relationship between economic strength and military commitments across different historical eras.
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Tim Wu The last book, I guess this is where I got some ideas about uh tech platforms and the big picture is from P… 1
“The last book, I guess this is where I got some ideas about uh tech platforms and the big picture is from Paul Kennedy, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.”
Fareed Zakaria Paul Kennedy had been my advisor at Yale and he had been writing the rise and fall of the great Powers his… 1
“Paul Kennedy had been my advisor at Yale and he had been writing the rise and fall of the great Powers his his great uh toome at the time”
Larry Summers the book the rise and fall of great powers by Paul Kennedy that worried about military and imperial militar… 1
“the book the rise and fall of great powers by Paul Kennedy that worried about military and imperial military overstretch as a problem facing nations right at the end of Ronald Reagan's administration”
