The 10 Rules of Successful Nations Contributor(s): Sharma, Ruchir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393651940 ISBN-13: 9780393651942 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Political Science | Political Economy |
Dewey: 330.9 |
LCCN: 2020000311 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
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Publisher Description: A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, The 10 Rules of Successful Nations is a slim primer full of pioneering insights on the political, economic, and social habits of successful nations. Distilled from Sharma's quarter century traveling the world as a writer and investor, his rules challenge conventional textbook thinking on what matters--and what doesn't--for a strong economy. He shows why successful nations embrace robots and immigrants, prefer democratic leaders to autocrats, elect charismatic reformers over technocrats, and pay no mind to the debate about big versus small government. He explains why rising stock prices matter as much or more than food prices, which measure of debt is the best predictor of economic crises, and why no one number can accurately capture the value of a currency. He also demonstrates how a close reading of the Forbes billionaire lists can offer the clearest real-time warning of populist revolts against the wealthy. Updated with brand-new data, 10 Rules reimagines economics as a practical art, giving general readers as well as political and business leaders a quick guide to the most important forces that shape a nation's future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sharma, Ruchir: - Ruchir Sharmais chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He is the author of the international bestseller Breakout Nations and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. He lives in New York City. |