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Globalization and the BRICs

Why the BRICs Will Not Rule the World For Long

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  • © 2012

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  1. Francesca Beausang

    1. 4CAST, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 1-12

  3. BRICs: Beyond Developing?

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 13-50

  4. BRICs and Global Economic Power

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 51-67

  5. BRICs and Global Political Power

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 68-97

  6. Limit No. 1: BRICs and Inequality

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 98-137

  7. Limit No. 2: BRICs and the Silent Power of Ideas

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 138-169

  8. Conclusion: The Innovation-Equality-Development Triangle

    • Francesca Beausang
    Pages 170-183

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 184-215
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As the Eurozone faces an uncertain future and Obama struggles to demonstrate that America still has a superpower status, this book challenges the widespread perception that Brazil, Russia, India and China are becoming global economic and political powers, instead forecasting a decline rooted in excessive inequality and insufficient innovation.

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  • 4CAST, UK

    Francesca Beausang

About the author

FRANCESCA BEAUSANG is Senior Economist at 4CAST, where she covers both emerging markets and developed markets. Prior to that she worked as a strategist specializing in Eastern Europe and as UK economist. Before joining 4CAST, she was a lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. She was educated at the London School of Economics and at Cambridge University, where she undertook research on Brazilian and Chilean multinational enterprises and on innovation policy. She has published a book entitled Third World Multinationals, Engine of Competitiveness or New Form of Dependency?

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