6/10/2023 0 Comments The end of power by moisés naím![]() Modern tools of war, cheaper and more accessible, make it possible for groups like Hezbollah to afford their own drones. CEO's are more constrained and have shorter tenures than their predecessors. Examples abound in all walks of life: In 1977, eighty-nine countries were ruled by autocrats while today more than half the world's population lives in democracies. Naim deftly covers the seismic changes underway in business, religion, education, within families, and in all matters of war and peace. Drawing on provocative, original research, Naim shows how the antiestablishment drive of micropowers can topple tyrants, dislodge monopolies, and open remarkable new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis. Those in power today are more constrained in what they can do with it and more at risk of losing it than ever before.In The End of Power, award-winning columnist and former Foreign Policy editor Moises Naim illuminates the struggle between once-dominant megaplayers and the new micropowers challenging them in every field of human endeavor. But power is not merely dispersing it is also decaying. ![]() Power, we know, is shifting: From West to East and North to South, from presidential palaces to public squares, from once formidable corporate behemoths to nimble startups and, slowly but surely, from men to women. ![]() Mark Zuckerberg's inaugural pick for his "Year of Books" challenge, The End of Power updates the very notion of power for the 21st century. ![]()
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