By Robyn Meredith, W. W. Norton Company, 2007. 252 pages HB. Link.
The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us is very well written and easy to understand. The first couple chapters give a brief history of China and India and shows the reader how those countries came to be in the position they are now. I found it interesting how Charman Mao murdered tens of millions of his own people in the name of Communism and reduced the ones that survived to utter poverty.
The book explains the reasoning behind moving millions of jobs from America to China and India. It also shows how that helps Americans in general (but obviously not the ones who lost their job) with lower prices.
One of the most valuable sections of the book is the last chapter where Meredith basically answers the question, "What does this mean to me?" Her answer (and I readily agree) is that the U.S. needs to improve its education system so that our workforce becomes better educated. A lot of the world already overtakes us in areas such as math and science. In my opinion, it seems that young people are becoming dumb and lazy.
1 comments:
Sounds interesting. And, as much as the phrase "young people today" makes me feel old I must say that I agree.
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