In the twenty-first century, economic policy is no longer just about growth, inflation, and employment. It is about power, identity, geopolitics, and the future of the global order. "Modieconisation vs Trumpeconisation: Economic Nationalism and Its Global Impact on China, Japan, Germany, Russia, the UK, and the World Economy" offers a bold and original framework to understand the rise of economic nationalism and its transformative consequences.
The book introduces two conceptual constructs?Modieconisation and Trumpeconisation?as analytical lenses to study nationalist economic strategies in India and the United States. These frameworks represent a broader global shift from liberal globalization to strategic nationalism, where nations prioritize domestic industries, technological sovereignty, and geopolitical leverage over multilateral cooperation.
This research monograph provides a comparative theoretical framework that integrates political economy, development economics, and international relations. It explores how nationalist policies influence global trade wars, foreign direct investment flows, technology governance, labor markets, migration patterns, and financial systems. The book critically examines how tariffs, sanctions, industrial policy, and digital sovereignty reshape global value chains and challenge existing multilateral institutions such as the WTO, IMF, and World Bank.
A major contribution of this book is its country-specific analysis of China, Japan, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. Each chapter examines how economic nationalism affects national growth models, export competitiveness, technological strategies, geopolitical positioning, and domestic inequality. The book also introduces provocative analytical dossiers such as "The Stephen File," "The Musk File," and "The Davos File" to explore the role of future thinkers, tech billionaires, and global elites in shaping the emerging world order.
Beyond descriptive analysis, the book offers a critical perspective on the dark side of economic nationalism. It interrogates whether nationalist policies truly benefit ordinary citizens or primarily serve corporate elites, political populism, and military-industrial complexes. It also investigates how economic nationalism may exacerbate global inequality, environmental challenges, and geopolitical fragmentation.
The concluding sections of the book present future scenarios for globalization, including fragmentation, re-globalization, and the rise of AI-led geopolitical power structures. The book proposes policy lessons for emerging and developing economies and introduces a visionary "Global Power Shift Map 2050," offering insights into future economic superpowers based on technology, demographics, climate resilience, and resource security.
Written for scholars, policymakers, graduate students, and global thinkers, this book bridges theory and practice, offering an interdisciplinary perspective on one of the most defining trends of the modern era. It challenges conventional economic wisdom and invites readers to rethink globalization, nationalism, and the future of the world economy.
"Modieconisation vs Trumpeconisation" is not just a book about two leaders or two countries?it is a comprehensive exploration of a new economic paradigm that will shape global politics, markets, and societies for decades to come.
