as geographic barriers created numerous states all competing for human capital. Europeans were opening contact with other states while major Asian empires were closing their doors to all outsiders.
Fareed predicts that China will blow pass America and Europe and be the new superpower in the world. already China is establishing ties in Africa and India is also rising using its young work force to improve its economic place in the world. The different worldview and traditions of these countries is being proclaimed as they enter the global stage. Fareed talks about if differences of easterners concept of god as a future benefit in the new economy and global world stage these countries are set to take up. Many critics have attacked this book as they cant deal with the fact that Americas pinnacle place in worlds affairs is coming to an end. He ends the book extolling the power and magnet this country still is for people all around the world who with to come here. The country has unique strengths that should help it remain an important player as new emerging powers take their knew role as the globes leaders and how Americans can change with this will go a faraway if we are to remain successful or just another weak old empire. He suggests our country seek a new purpose and get away from eternal fear it has of other groups displacing our power as predicted in the past. Obviously this fear and demand to remain at the top has caused us to be so oil conscious and addicted to growth and industry. Wishing to be the worlds largest consumer of cheap oil has caused us to think we need to be everywhere and we will not like it when these new powers tell us we cant be somewhere any longer. Make n mistake though Fareed Zakaria is a globalist who thinks trade and migration are the key to economic prosperity of others outside the one percent. He just wants to see the educated global elites look more rainbow and prosper where their rue is more legit due to their economic successes and not their military might.
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