Full name: City of Gold: An Apology for Global Capitalism in a Time of Discontent

Author: David A. Westbrook Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Google Books Goodreads eBooks.com ISBNs: 9781135943226 1135943222

In City of Gold, David Westbrook argues that we live in "the city of gold"-a global, cosmopolitan polity where politics are done through markets, and where global capital markets, not states, have become the dominant force in our social life. He touches on four major themes: the historical foundation of the city of gold, and assessment of the political scope of it, the insufficiency of Enlightenment thought for addressing the problems of our era, and possible, albeit imperfect, ways to address contemporary market issues.