The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be

Moises Naim

Mar 2014 · Sold by Basic Books

About this eBook

The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.
br> Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, and from presidential palaces to public squares. But power is also changing, becoming harder to use and easier to lose. In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor MoiséNaíilluminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. Drawing on provocative, original research and a lifetime of experience in global affairs, Naíexplains how the end of power is reconfiguring our world.

"The End of Power will . . . change the way you look at the world." -- Bill Clinton

"Extraordinary." -- George Soros

"Compelling and original." -- Arianna Huffington

"A fascinating new perspective . . . Naímakes eye-opening connections." -- Francis Fukuyama

Ratings and reviews

The book tries to overcomplicate a simple idea. It presents a fairly interesting concept, and explains it in a redundant way that belies the over importance it credits itself.

Basic bore did not need that much waste of good trees ... Did not really hit on true power brokers . Did not go back deep enough . Those truely in power never lose those positions they are passed on after death they die in positions of power .

A well documented synopsis of world political and economic scenario and a strong contribution for nurturing a mind set to identify valuable opportunities for leverage on power dimmer to set our future way of life.

About the author

Moisés Naím is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an internationally syndicated columnist. He served as editor in chief of Foreign Policy, as Venezuela's trade minister, and as executive director of the World Bank.