Rich People Poor Countries.

By:

Freund, Caroline

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2016.Description: 1 online resource (219 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780881327045
0881327042

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rich People Poor Countries: The Rise of Emerging-Market Tycoons and their Mega Firms.DDC classification:

338.9009172/4 23

LOC classification:

HC59.7

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Contents:

00 -- Overview RPPC; 000 -- FM RPPC; 01 -- Ch 1 RPPC; 02 -- Ch 2 RPPC; 03 -- Ch 3 RPPC; 04 -- Ch 4 RPPC; 05 -- Ch 5 RPPC; 06 -- Ch 6 RPPC; 07 -- Ch 7 RPPC; 08 -- Ch 8 RPPC; 09 -- Ch 9 RPPC; 10 -- Ch 10 RPPC; 11 -- References RPPC; 12 -- Index RPPC.

Summary: "Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries. The accelerated industrial growth spurs economic prosperity for some, but it also widens the gap between the super rich and the rest of the population, especially the very poor. In Rich People Poor Countries, Caroline Freund identifies and analyzes nearly 700 emerging-market billionaires whose net worth adds up to more than $2 trillion. Freund finds that these titans of industry are propelling poor countries out of their small-scale production and agricultural past and into a future of multinational industry and service-based mega firms. And more often than not, the new billionaires are using their newfound acumen to navigate the globalized economy, without necessarily relying on political connections, inheritance, or privileged access to resources. This story of emerging-market billionaires and the global businesses they create dramatically illuminates the process of industrialization in the modern world economy."--Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.

"Like the robber barons of the 19th century Gilded Age, a new and proliferating crop of billionaires is driving rapid development and industrialization in poor countries. The accelerated industrial growth spurs economic prosperity for some, but it also widens the gap between the super rich and the rest of the population, especially the very poor. In Rich People Poor Countries, Caroline Freund identifies and analyzes nearly 700 emerging-market billionaires whose net worth adds up to more than $2 trillion. Freund finds that these titans of industry are propelling poor countries out of their small-scale production and agricultural past and into a future of multinational industry and service-based mega firms. And more often than not, the new billionaires are using their newfound acumen to navigate the globalized economy, without necessarily relying on political connections, inheritance, or privileged access to resources. This story of emerging-market billionaires and the global businesses they create dramatically illuminates the process of industrialization in the modern world economy."--Publisher's description.

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