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The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria
from W. W. Norton
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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The Post American World 
Fantastic read. The author sums up a lot of history in a few pages with insights that opened my mind to what was really happening and what is now happening. Wish all our candidates would read this book.
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schizophrenic view of the world 
Contrary to the title, this book is not about the demise of America. It is about the rise of the rest of the world and its global implications.
The author makes somtimes contradictory statements. For example, he firmly believes that India will economically surpass China mainly because India is a democratic country (democracy is better for long term economic growth he says). His conclusion ignores his own data that India is growing at 6.9% versus China's 9%, the China's economy is about 3 times as... more info
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Good..even considering the biases
This is a well thought out and clear exposition. It is high on facts and useful concepts which is, unfortunately, punctuated by some non-sequitor political bashing . .which detracts from the solid material here.
Forgive the author the Newsweek (Newsweak?) political bias but buy it for some very solid observations.
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The Post-American World
Informative on the world situation (especially economic) today and thought-provoking about the future. It has the broad view usually lackling in media news.
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