The Rise And Fall Of Nations
Pages: 480
Edition: Hardcover
List Price: $27.95
Publisher: Norton
ISBN: 9780393248890
First entered: 11th, Jun 2016
Number of weeks: 2
Book Summary
New York Times Bestseller"Quite simply the best guide to the global economy today."―Fareed ZakariaShaped 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.
Authors
Name: Ruchir Sharma
About the author:
Mr. Ruchir Sharma is a Managing Director, Head of global emerging markets equity team, Portfolio Manager, and Member of global tactical asset allocation investment committee at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Mr. Sharma is also a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited. He is also a Portfolio Manager at Van Kampen Asset Management. Mr. Sharma joined the firm in October 1996 and was named Co-head of the team in 2003 and Head in 2006. He is responsible for overall portfolio performance and construction and has day-to-day responsibilities of both the Thai and Malaysian funds. Mr. Sharma focuses on country allocation. Prior to joining the firm, he was employed at Prime Securities (Delhi), where he helped run the firm's foreign exchange business. Mr. Sharma is a columnist at Newsweek and writes for publications such as The Wall Street Journal. He is also a contributor to The Economic Times and has been writing a regular column on global financial markets since 1991. Mr. Sharma is a C.F.A charter holder. He received a B.A. degree with Honors in Commerce from the Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi.