Red Alert: How China's Growing Prosperity Will Strangle World Growth - Tapa blanda

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Economist Leeb (Game Over: How You Can Prosper in a Shattered Economy) argues that while U.S. officials and politicians engage in short-term myopic planning, endless legal maneuvering, scandals, and wartime investing that are crippling American economic viability, China's government is run by visionary scholars with backgrounds in such fields as chemistry and engineering who are carefully analyzing the long-term, big picture. China is gaining ground as a superpower and attaining competitive advantage over other countries, especially the United States, by using its profits to invest in and control mineral commodities such as coal, oil, zinc, silver, and gold. These resources are becoming scarce, and the author argues that access to them will determine the standard of living for future generations. According to Leeb, the Chinese government recognizes the importance of these resources to key industries such as renewable energy and electronics and views the ability to accumulate them as pr

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Did you know that....

* China is quietly purchasing and squirreling away vast amounts of the earth's remaining oil? * That the Chinese are a huge major player on Wall Street and control billions in American investments? * That while the US has been fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Chinese have been focusing its substantial muscle on upgrading their nation's inner-structure and industrial strength? *That the Chinese control most of the world's rare earth resources, all of which are essential for cell phones, computers, electronic devices, etc.?

And this is just the beginning. RED ALERT will be a most provocative and, in truth, a frightening examination about the growing political, economic, and social power of China and the threat that nation poses to the Western world.

Peppered with the startling statistics, charts and evidence of how China continues to expand its economic reach, RED ALERT is meant to be both controversial and powerful in its scope.