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The United States has the world's biggest military by far,the biggest economy, the best universities, and the strongest financial system. The dollar is the world's bench-mark currency. Surely, if you could pick any hand to play in the game of world politics, this is the hand you would want.Many leaders believe America will face no serious con,petition for at least a generation.
In Three Billion New Capitalists, the acclaimed inter- national trade expert Clyde Prestowitz explains why this belief is a mirage. He describes the powerful trends whose convergence is rapidly shifting wealth and power to Asia-- and why geopolitical clout will follow economic strength.These trends include America's increasingly unsustainable trade deficits and the equally unsustainable buildup of mas-sive dollar reserves in places like Japan and China; the end of America's position as the world's premier place for inven- tion and technological innovation; the role of the Internet in permitting many formerly localized jobs to be done any-
In Three Billion New Capitalists, the acclaimed inter- national trade expert Clyde Prestowitz explains why this belief is a mirage. He describes the powerful trends whose convergence is rapidly shifting wealth and power to Asia-- and why geopolitical clout will follow economic strength.These trends include America's increasingly unsustainable trade deficits and the equally unsustainable buildup of mas-sive dollar reserves in places like Japan and China; the end of America's position as the world's premier place for inven- tion and technological innovation; the role of the Internet in permitting many formerly localized jobs to be done any-