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How long does it take to read Trade Wars Are Class Wars?

Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis

Trade Wars Are Class Wars by Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis takes about 5 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 21 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2020. 292 pages, about 80,300 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 21 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 21 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

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.

Subjects: Commerce, International economic relations, Social classes, Working class, Classes sociales, Travailleurs

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