- ISBN13: 9780393331936
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“A comprehensive primer on the development of these Asian tigers.”—Noam Lupu, San Francisco Chronicle The Elephant and the Dragon is the essential guide to understanding how India and China are reshaping our world. With labor now unbound from geographic borders, we’re seeing startling shifts in how—and where—nearly everything we buy is made. In a compelling mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, veteran journalist Robyn Meredith untangles the complex web of business and politics, as well as environmental and cultural issues that entwine India, China, and the West. She also outlines how Americans—business leaders, workers, politicians, even parents—can understand the vast changes coming and thrive in this new age. .
The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
Really quite shallow – especially compared to the many other books available on China, India, and their effects on the U.S. Miss Meredith is obsessed with numbers & statistics with very little substance.
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Rating: 1 / 5
Robyn Meredith does an excellent job of analyzing the rise of China and India as world economic powers and the effect this is having – and will continue to have – on America. She puts this rise in the historical perspective of silk and spices a few centuries ago with the “American” 20th century of technical innovation. The work is very readable, making a lot of what we hear discussed on the news about free trade and job losses more understandable. The final chapter reassures us that the American “can-do” spirit – along with a renewed emphasis on education, basic research, and innovation – can be rekindled to pull America out of its doldrums. Hopefully my own work on how to make education a national – and parental – priority will add to this excellent analysis.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the book after watching Author Robyn Meredith on a Charlie Rose interview last summer. It was a great interview and the next day I went to the bookstore 2 days later to buy it – and all the copies in the local surrounding bookstore were literally sold out (I asked the store manager check around for me).
Well researched, organized and written, Ms> Meredith has taken a complex topic and added just a little-more-than-sufficient detail into the historical context, that provides a great foundation for understanding contemporary realities. Her review of China strongly correlated with what I knew, and her review of India was enlightening.
I think it’s a great introductory / intermediate text on the subject of outsourcing in general, and with respect to these two nations in particular. For more on Outsourcing and the role that India has created for itself in this industry, I still strongly recommend Bangalore Tiger by Steve Hamm. These are good companion texts – enjoy!
Rating: 5 / 5
If you’re like me and your company has continued to outsource and offshore, I recommend reading books like “The Elephant and the Tiger.” Learning about global economic change is invaluable given the current world market, and Robyn Meredith does a great job of putting together a good overview of both China and India’s rise; describing in detail how it affects all of us from job losses, to paying cheaper prices, to how well we should raise our children so they can compete.
If you’ve read other books on this subject, I suspect you’ll find this book to be a review with some added treasures like statistical information concerning GDP, historical review of both the rise of China and India into the global market, and summations of what China, India, and the US should do to stay competitive. It’s a short book, really only 213 pages not including the acknowledgements, notes and index, which are helpful.
If you haven’t already done so, reading, “The World is Flat” is essential. However, I would like to recommend “In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India” by Edward Luce, a wonderful book which explains in more detail India’s rise, and another easy to understand book that’s both captivating and hard to put down.
Chapters in “The Elephant and the Tiger”:
“Introduction: Tectonic Economics”
“Where Mao Meets the Middle Class”
“From the Spinning Wheel to the Fiber-Optic Wire”
“Made In America in China”
“The Internet’s Spice Route”
“The Disassembly Line”
“India’s Cultural Revolution”
“Revolution by Dinner Party”
“Geopolitics Mixed with Oil & Water”
“A Catalyst for Competitiveness”
Rating: 5 / 5
Lots to learn. A great read for anyone interested in where the future of the american workplace is going. Very educational. Certainly worth purchasing.
Rating: 5 / 5