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Author:

Leeb, Stephen, 1946-

Title:

Red alert : how China's growing prosperity threatens the American way of life / Stephen Leeb with Greg Dorsey.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Business Plus,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xxv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Energy policy--China.
Environmental policy--China.
Energy policy--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
China--Economic policy--2000-
United States--Economic policy--21st century.

Other Authors:

Dorsey, Greg.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead -- China's environmental smokescreen -- Peak oil has arrived-- and peak coal isn't far behind -- Blind to copper realities -- Rare earth elements are getting rarer-- and China has them -- Other critical commodities and China's global land grab -- The rise of resource nationalism -- Why dealing with declining resources is easier for China -- The limits of Western democracy in dealing with critical problems : Tiananmen Square versus 9/11 -- Responses to the financial crisis of 2008 -- The other critical metal : gold -- China's additional strengths -- Potential pitfalls : China's infrastructure, food, and water -- A message for America from Confucius.

Summary:

A nationally recognized expert on global economic trends provides statistics and startling evidence on how China continues to increase its economic reach and examines the country's growing political, economic and social power and the threat it poses to the West.

ISBN:

0446576239
9780446576239

LCCN:

2011000642

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)