This short primer distils Ruchir Sharma's decades of global analytic experience into ten rules
for identifying nations that are poised to take off or crash. A wake-up call to economists who
failed to foresee every recent crisis including the cataclysm of 2008 10 Rules is full of
insights on signs of political economic and social change. Sharma explains for example why
autocrats are bad for the economy robots are a blessing not a curse and consumer prices
don't tell you all you need to know about inflation. He shows how currency crises begin with
the flight of knowledgeable locals not evil foreigners how debt crises start in private
companies not government and why the best news for any country is none at all. Rethinking
economics as a practical art 10 Rules is a must-read for business political and academic
leaders who want to understand the most important forces that shape a nation's future.
