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The rise and fall of nations : forces of change in the post-crisis world / Ruchir Sharma.
Lippincott Library HC59.3 .S5255 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharma, Ruchir, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic history--21st century.
- Economic history.
- Economic forecasting.
- State, The.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 466 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Summary:
- A reevaluation of economics as a practical art form distills economics into ten succinct rules while discussing how to recognize political, economic, and social changes that affect everyday life.
- Contents:
- Prologue : into the wild
- Introduction : impermanence
- People matter
- The circle of life
- Good billionaires, bad billionaires
- Perils of the state
- The geographic sweet spot
- Factories first
- The price of onions
- Cheap is good
- The kiss of debt
- The hype watch
- The good, the average, and the ugly.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393248890
- 0393248895
- OCLC:
- 921868865
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