Nationaliststhinkabouttheeconomy,MarvinSuesseargues,andthisthinkingmattersoncenationalistsholdpoliticalpower.Manynationalistsseektolimitglobalexchange,butothersprioritiseeconomicdevelopment.Thepotentialconflictbetweenthesetwogoalsshapesnationalistpolicymaking.Drawingonhistoricalcasestudiesfromthirtycountries-fromtheAmericanRevolutiontotheriseofChina-thisbookpaintsabroadpanoramaofeconomicnationalismoverthepast250years.Itexplainswhysuchthinkinghasbecomeinfluential,despitetheinternalcontradictionsandchequeredrecordofmanynationalistpolicymakers.Attherootofeconomicnationalism’sappealisitsabilitytocapitaliseuponeconomicinequality,bothdomesticandinternational.Theseinequalitiesarereinforcedbypoliticalfactorssuchasempirebuilding,ethnicconflicts,andfinancialcrises.Thishasgivenrisetopowerfulnationalistmovementsthathavedecisivelyshapedtheglobalexchangeofgoods,people,andcapital.
