Rise and Fall of Nations

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'Entertaining, acute and disarmingly honest' Economist

'A vital guide to the new economic order' Rana Foroohar, Time

The crisis of 2008 ended the illusion of a golden era in which manypeople imagined that prosperity and political calm would continue tospread indefinitely. In a world now racked by slowing growth andmounting unrest, how can we discern which nations will thrive and whichwill fail?

Shaped by prize-winning author Ruchir Sharma's twenty-five years travelling the world, The Rise and Fall of Nationsrethinks economics as a practical art. By narrowing down the thousandsof factors that can shape a country's future, it spells out ten clearrules for identifying the next big winners and losers in the globaleconomy.

'Thenub of the book is how to spot which countries are likely to succeed,and which to fail, in this impermanent world. Sharma offers a frameworkof 10 rules. The more of these rules countries achieve, the more theyare likely to rise rather than fall ... it may just help you avoidpicking losers' David Smith, Sunday Times

'Amazing ... fascinating insights ... quite simply the best guide to the global economy today' Fareed Zakaria

'Lively and informative' Martin Wolf, Financial Times

'As ambitious as it is well executed ... a mix of humble pragmatism and daring decisiveness' Reuters

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A vital guide to the new economic order.