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The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith
from W. W. Norton
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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the elephant & the dragon 
Excellent book!! If you are interested in the upcoming and important economies of the world this is a must read. This is a very readable and entertaining book.
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scary
Well, Robyn lays it all out here. Kids say in school. This is good reading and very pertinent information for people in the work force today. Things have changed in the last seven years. Stay informed, this is a good informative book.
Damon
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Very Interesting View From 30,000 Feet 
I very much enjoyed the opening chapters as Meredith spewed out statistics and opinions and history of how China and India have come to be in their current economic situations. This was very well written and extremely easy to read as well as quite engaging. Reading these two chapters is worth the trip to the library for this book as they provide a fascinating expose of why socialistic ideals, while bred from trying to do well, provide the opposite in practice. Capitalism and democracy when put in place with... more info
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"tectonic economics" 
A Starbucks at the Great Wall? Stephen Spielberg hired to help with the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in China when a million performers welcome the world? Did India really move from 300,000 cell phones in 1996 to 150 million by 2007, and are they now purchasing seven million "mobiles" a month? Yes, yes, and yes. Welcome to the "tectonic economics" of China and India that have "caused the entire earth's economic and political landscape to shift before our eyes." In this book written for a general... more info
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