ISBN10: 0815711786, ISBN13: 9780815711780, [publisher: Brookings Institution] Hardcover 303 pages. Dj wornIn the age of Three Mile Island and Chernob yl, a new international trade in industrial and human waste, the depletion of the ozone layer, and the greenhouse effect, the impo rtance of international cooperation is supremely evident. In the economic arena, such problems include speculative instability in financial and primary commodities markets, competition in tax reg imes, and the greatly enhanced scope for tax evasion. Can Nations Agree? examines the crucial issues surrounding international coo peration-- conditions that foster cooperation toward common goals ; ways to handle the friction arising from conflicting goals; and the structures that best promote cooperation. Although nations r ecognize the value of cooperation in an independent world, a vari ety of conditions inhibit the process. In recent decades the numb er of independent nations has risen rapidly, and so has the varie ty of decisionmakers and national interests to be reconciled. At the same time, the economic power of the United States has declin ed in relation to other successful capitalist countries. In the c hapters on the 1978 Bonn economic summit, German macroeconomic po licy, international cooperation on public health issues, and hege mony and stability, the scholars contributing to this volume anal yze the history and process of international cooperation to offer fresh insight for future ...

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