The post-American world
by Fareed Zakaria · first published 2008
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"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the United States will no longer dominate the global economy, orchestrate geopolitics, or overwhelm cultures. He sees the "rise of the rest"—the growth of countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia, and many others—as the great story of our time, and one that will reshape the world. The tallest build
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If you haven't read Zakaria's "The Post-American World", I highly recommend it. I agree with his assessment that the landscape is changing rapidly and profoundly, although I don't know if the resultant loss of economic and political weight means that we…
on “Are America's best days behind us?” ↗I'd highly recommend Fareed Zakaria's "Post American World". Give gives good insight into how America rose to power. WWII helped, but it wasn't the defining moment. It was the huge industrial advances at the end of the 19th century that shaped our economic leadership…
on “America Loses Its Dominant Economic Role” ↗Bit overstated, but he raises good points. I'd highly recommend Zakaria's book, "The Post-American World". Really a great book.
on “Can America Still Innovate?” ↗In Fareed Zakaria's book The Post American World Order, he makes a great point that India (services) and China (goods) have been deflationary for certain goods/services in expensive economies. If you think of CPI as an average of deflationary and (local,…
on “Why inflation is not a threat” ↗…book that discusses this is Stephen Pinker's "The Better Angels of our Nature," which essentially shows that we're living in the least violent, most peaceful era of human history. Fareed Zakaria's "The Post-American World" also discusses how we're currently in the most peaceful, economically prosperous time in world history. Despite the violence and unrest presented daily in news media, life is far better now than it used…
on “Privacy and security” ↗The World is Flat The Post American World Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson's Autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie The Second Coming of Steve Jobs Inside Steve's Brain The Seven Day Weekend- Book by Ricardo Semler of Semco on…
on “Ask YC (and PG): What books do you have on your bookshelf? ” ↗... in the US. This is partially due to what Zakaria talks about in his "Post American World". As we move forward, we'll see innovation happening in a much more flattened distribution across Europe, Asia, etc.
on “Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown ” ↗This is one of the reasons I love the Kindle - it lets me highlight important parts, and see all your notes on one screen - perfect! The other day I needed to brush up on 'The Post American World' when writing a recommendation on it. So I just read through my Kindle notes in a few minutes and 80% of the book comes back to me.
on “Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them?” ↗…about Russia getting more aggressive, and everyone else growing their economies and competing with the USA and Europe. It is a global economy and a global war. It is from this book: https://www.amazon.com/Post-American-World-Rise-Rest/dp/0241...
on “Americans are still not worried enough about the risk of world war” ↗