Ruchir Sharma shows why the economic ‘mania’ of the 21st century, with its unshakable faith in the power of emerging markets to continue growing at the astoundingly rapid and uniform pace of the last decade, is wrong. Which countries will rise to become the next economic stars? Published By Penguin Group on 2013
Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
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In breakout nations Ruchir Sharma shows why the economic ‘mania’ of the 21st century, with its unshakable faith in the power of emerging markets to continue growing at the astoundingly rapid and uniform pace of the last decade, is wrong. Which countries will rise to become the next economic stars? Published By Penguin Group on 2013
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