The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
ISBN-10
0393248909
ISBN-13
9780393248906
Category
Political Science
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2016-06-06
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Ruchir Sharma

Description

International Bestseller "Quite simply the best guide to the global economy today." —Fareed Zakaria Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma’s The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks the "dismal science" of economics as a practical art. Narrowing the thousands of factors that can shape a country’s fortunes to ten clear rules, Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time. He shows how to read political headlines, black markets, the price of onions, and billionaire rankings as signals of booms, busts, and protests. Set in a post-crisis age that has turned the world upside down, replacing fast growth with slow growth and political calm with revolt, Sharma’s pioneering book is an entertaining field guide to understanding change in this era or any era.

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