TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kenichi Ohmae
TI  - The end of the nation state: the rise of regional economies
SN  - 9780684825281
U1  - 337.1OHM 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - Free Press
KW  - Trade blocs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-199) and index
N2  - By losing their ability to control exchange rates and protect their currencies, nation states, assers Ohmae, have forfeited their role as critical participants in the global economy. Ohmae contends that five great forces have usurped the economic power once held by the nation state, resulting in the rise of region states which have closer links to the global economy than to their "host" nations
ER  -