The Post-American World - Fareed Zakaria [132]
globalization, 6–61
agriculture and, 21, 30, 31, 32–33, 65–67, 70, 71–72, 100, 106, 112, 136, 151, 160
capital markets in, 21, 24–25, 48, 200, 219–22
competition in, 212–13, 225–26, 243–50
cultural impact of, 1–5, 38–39, 41, 62–99, 126–27
demographics of, 212–16
economic conditions of, 6–61, 93–94, 97, 197–99, 217, 241–43, 255
energy resources and, 30–34
environmental impact of, 33–34, 40, 85, 111
expansion of, 19–23, 29–34
free markets in, 23–29, 57–58, 59–60, 217, 242, 259
future trends of, 1–5, 94–99, 199–203, 204, 239–85
identity and, 41
impact of, on U.S. unemployment, xiii
international organizations and, 5, 24, 40–41
labor markets in, 27–28, 206, 228–29
language of, 92–93
mass media in, 9, 16, 27, 95, 96, 209
military destabilization and, 6–10, 140, 142–43
modernization and, 16, 35, 39, 86–90, 94–95
multinational focus of, 1–5
nationalism and, 34
nuclear proliferation in, 174–78
political impact of, 19–20, 22–23, 29, 31–42, 52, 93–94, 99, 127–28, 137–44, 241–42
in post-American world, see post-American world
poverty rate in, 3, 22
regional powers in, 257–63
technology in, xiii, 27, 200–202, 219, 224–25, 228–32
terrorism and, 10–19, 29, 34, 59, 264
U.S. as superpower in, 4, 49–61, 117, 120, 142–44, 182–83, 223–85
global warming, 33, 34, 40, 85
God, 122–25, 169
gold, 25, 188, 197
Goldman Sachs, xii, 40, 49, 148, 214
Goldsmith, Oliver, 93
gold standard, 25, 197
Good Earth, The (Buck), 100
Great Britain, 184–99
agriculture in, 70, 71–72
capitalism in, 187, 192–93
culture of, 187, 262
decline of, 184–99, 216, 237, 261–63, 266, 268
democracy in, 120
economy of, 24, 28, 97, 148, 186, 191–97, 198, 216, 237, 262
education in, 82–83, 187, 210
Empire of, 36, 37, 57, 60, 65, 79, 80–83, 84, 89, 94, 97–98, 151, 154, 156, 158–59, 161, 162–63, 164, 170, 173, 179, 184–99, 237, 261–63, 266, 268
financial markets of, 222, 223–24
foreign investment in, 153
foreign policy of, 125, 130, 194–97, 237, 261–63, 266
global influence of, 117, 184–289
gross domestic product (GDP) of, 66, 191, 193, 196, 197
home ownership in, 225
industrialization of, 65, 66, 104, 191, 192–93, 218, 262
infrastructure of, 152
manufacturing sector of, 28, 192–93
military forces of, 105n, 174, 185, 192, 195, 198, 241
military spending of, 105n, 241
navy of, 186, 192, 195, 198
nuclear weapons of, 174
political system of, 41, 120, 186, 194–97, 234
population of, 191
productivity in, 71–72
technology sector of, 201
terrorist attacks in, 17, 278, 280
U.S. relations with, 168, 189, 194–97, 241, 254, 261, 274
in World War II, 37, 195–97
Great Depression, 25, 42–43, 227
Great Exhibition (1851), 64
Great Leap Forward, 117, 129
Great Moderation, 44
Greece, 46–47, 48, 67, 151, 193
Greenspan, Alan, 24
gross domestic product (GDP), 18, 22, 49, 58, 66, 104, 109, 111, 118–19, 139, 145, 148, 151, 152, 157, 191, 193, 196, 198–99, 200, 207–8, 215, 217, 218, 219n, 249, 255
Grove, Andy, 49–50
“grow-the-denominator” strategy, 107
Gujarat earthquake (2001), 155
Gulf War, 244
Gurr, Ted Robert, 8
Haass, Richard, 268
Haiti, 272
Halloween, 92
Hamas, 6
Hapsburg Empire, 117–18
Har Hui Peng, 211
“harmonious society,” 111
Haussmann, Georges-Eugène, 103
Head & Shoulders shampoo, 105
health care, 108, 155, 157–58, 160, 161, 212, 225–26, 233n, 283
Heathrow Airport, 152
helium, 30
Henry, Prince of Prussia, 186n
Heritage Foundation, 235
Hezbollah, 6, 7, 269
“hidden hand,” 166
Hinduism, 74, 75, 97–98, 146, 169–74, 180
Hinduism (Monier-Williams), 170
Hira, Ron, 205
Hitler, Adolf, 37, 103
HIV, 149, 161
Hodges, William, 71
Holbrooke, Richard, 246
Hollywood, 90, 94
Holman, Michael, 201
Homeland Security Department, U.S., 277
home ownership, 85, 152, 217, 225
Hong Kong, 26, 81, 153, 184, 209, 214, 222
household savings, 217–18
House of Representatives, U.S., 280–81
Huang, Philip, 71
Huang, Yasheng, 153
Hu Jintao, 111, 118, 119, 130, 134
human capital, 151,