Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

　　本書著眼於當今的貿易衝突，如何起因於政府犧牲了勞工而維護了菁英的利益。

　　貿易爭執通常被理解為國與國之間為了競爭利益而導致的衝突，但是兩位作者認為，各國政府選擇滿足國內富人的利益而犧牲勞工與退休平民，才導致這個意想不到的結果。過去30年，中國、歐洲、美國的政客與企業領導人所做的決定，造成當今的貿易戰爭。富人累積更多財富時，勞工卻無力負擔他所製造的產品、失業或被迫借貸更多。

　　本書挑戰主流觀點，讓人深思貧富差距擴大的階級戰爭，如何威脅全球經濟與國際之間的和平，以及我們的應對之道。

A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers

Trade disputes are usually understood as conflicts between countries with competing national interests, but as Matthew C. Klein and Michael Pettis show in this book, they are often the unexpected result of domestic political choices to serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees.

Klein and Pettis trace the origins of today's trade wars to decisions made by politicians and business leaders in China, Europe, and the United States over the past thirty years. Across the world, the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt. In this thought-provoking challenge to mainstream views, the authors provide a cohesive narrative that shows how the class wars of rising inequality are a threat to the global economy and international peace--and what we can do about it.

作者簡介

Matthew C. Klein

　　Matthew C. Klein是《巴隆週刊》(Barron’s)經濟評論員。

Michael Pettis

　　Michael Pettis北京大學光華管理學院財金教授，卡內基國際和平基金會高級研究員。

Matthew C. Klein is the economics commentator at Barron’s. He lives in San Francisco, CA. Michael Pettis is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He lives in Beijing.