`In this timely and clearly-written book, Neil Shearing lays bare the longer-term geopolitical forces at work behind the fracturing of the global trading system. He makes a compelling case that the clash between the US and China predated Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House, and will persist long after he has gone.' -- Heather Stewart, Economics Editor, The Guardian

'The Fractured Age is essential reading to navigate the most turbulent period of geo-economic change in the past fifty years.’ -- Sir Robin Niblett, Distinguished Fellow and former Director, Chatham House

Is globalization at an end now that economic nationalism is on the rise and import barriers are being erected everywhere? Is the ageing West now in irrevocable economic decline? Is America in retreat from the world? Are we now all inhabiting a Chinese Century, bolstered by 'friend without limits' Russia? Globalization is coming to an end, we are repeatedly told. But deglobalization, despite predictions to the contrary, is not actually happening, contends Shearing, Group Chief Economist at Capital Economics. Instead, he argues in The Fractured Age, a continuingly globalized world is fracturing into blocs. What does this mean for households, investors, corporations, and economies? Who will benefit, who will suffer? Which nations will thrive, and which decline? Which companies likewise? How will it affect the Green Transition? And how should citizens, executives and law-makers alter their expectations and their behaviours to secure their prosperity?

'THE FRACTURED AGE is a masterpiece. The best book on the future of the global economy on the market today.' -- David Smick, NYT best-selling author of The Great Equalizer

‘Shearing, who was early to understand the fracturing of the political consensus around globalization, provides an essential guide to the choices that will define how the global economy splits over the decades to come.’ -- Brad Setser, Senior Fellow, Council for Foreign Relations

The Fractured Age: How the Return of Geopolitics Will Splinter the Global Economy