![]() ![]() Even after 9/11, the author notes, the world economy “grew at its fastest rate in nearly four decades.” Inflation exceeds 15 percent only in a dozen-odd failed states such as Burma and Zimbabwe, and fewer and fewer people are dying in wars or spasms of political violence than ever. Even as the global population grows, the number of those living in extreme poverty is falling, at least in three-quarters of the world’s nations. Newsweek International editor Zakaria ( The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, 2003, etc.), born in India and a longtime resident of New York, seems unconcerned that his adopted country is sailing down the tubes: “This is a book not about the decline of America but rather about the rise of everyone else.” He enumerates: Macao takes in more gambling revenue than Las Vegas, the biggest Ferris wheel in the world is in Singapore, Bollywood has surpassed Hollywood. ![]() ![]() Pity the poor think-tanked neocons: Just a moment ago, the talk was of empire and the new world order, and now, it seems, America’s day in the sun is about to grow cold. ![]()
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