The rise and fall of nations : forces of change in the post-crisis world
(2016)
By:
Sharma, Ruchir
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
330.9/SHARMA,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xii, 466 pages : maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780393248890 (hardcover), 0393248895 (hardcover), 9780393248890, 0393248895 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
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