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Breakout Nations

byRuchir Sharma

Investor Ruchir Sharma travels across emerging economies to identify which countries are likely to exceed expectations and which are riding unsustainable enthusiasm. He argues that broad labels such as “emerging markets” obscure decisive differences in debt, demographics, politics, productivity, currency values, and the structure of growth. Using reporting, data, and historical comparison, Sharma offers a framework for judging national economic prospects without extrapolating recent trends indefinitely. The book shows how success creates new vulnerabilities and why the next breakout nation is often found where reform and realistic expectations matter more than fashionable growth stories.

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company

Publication date

2012

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780141973296