Red alert : how China's growing prosperity threatens the American way of life / Stephen Leeb with Greg Dorsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leeb, Stephen, 1946-

Contributor:

Dorsey, Greg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

China.

Energy policy--China.

Energy policy.

Environmental policy--China.

Environmental policy.

United States--Economic policy--21st century.

United States.

Energy policy--United States.

Environmental policy--United States.

Physical Description:

xxv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Business Plus, 2011.

Summary:

A disturbing look at the growing political, economic, and social power of China and the threat that nation poses to the Western world, this book lays out how the Chinese are strategizing to overtake the United States as the world's premier economic power--and details how our failure to respond quickly will result in a permanently lower standard of living for Americans.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead

China's environmental smokescreen

Peak oil has arrived

and peak coal isn't far behind

Blind to copper realities

Rare earth elements are getting rarer

and China has them

Other critical commodities and China's global land grab

The rise of resource nationalism

Why dealing with declining resources is easier for China

The limits of Western democracy in dealing with critical problems : Tiananmen Square versus 9/11

Responses to the financial crisis of 2008

The other critical metal : gold

China's additional strengths

Potential pitfalls : China's infrastructure, food, and water

A message for America from Confucius.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780446576239

0446576239

9780446576246

0446576247

OCLC:

698029396