[Agora Series 68] • World Right Side Up · Investing Across Six Continents by Mayer, Christopher W. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Foreword: Sometimes It's Different Acknowledgments Preface: Notes before We Go Chapter 1: The World Right Side Up

Supercycles: Where We Are Today? World's Economy Is Bigger—and More Open—Than Ever Before The Old Silk Road and the New On Monsoon Seas: A Glimpse of the Future BRICs...Meet MENA Snapshots on the Way to a World Right Side Up

Chapter 2: Colombia: In Search of El Dorado

A People of the Mountains Here Lies Oil The New El Dorado More Opportunities in Colombia If I Had to Buy Only One Colombian Keiretsu The Colombia Canal The Best Economy in Latin America?

Chapter 3: Brazil: The Soil Superpower

Brazil's Meat King Brazil's Rising Affluence Buy the One Thing Brazil Needs São Paulo: The Economic Heart of Brazil Meet Mr. Go-Deeper Florianopolis: Flip-Flops on the Ground Brazil's Currency “Do-Overs” The Caipirinhas Crisis

Chapter 4: Nicaragua: This Side of Paradise

Central America's Rising Star Granada: Oldest City in the Americas on Another Upswing León: How to Live Well in the Old Capital on $2,000 a Month Riches from the Land of Lakes and Volcanoes

Chapter 5: China: Crisis and Opportunity in the Middle Kingdom

Old Beijing's Last Days Make Way for New The Rise of the Asian Consumer Selling Clean Water to the Chinese One Thing Plagues China's Growth More than Any Other Meet the Water Queen Side Trip to Hong Kong...and a Cautionary Tale The Chinese Renminbi Why Coal Prices Will Soar The “Chinese Ethanol” China's Manufacturing Prowess: Geeks with Guts China Takes the Ruhr What about the China Bubble? Visit to the Cai Bai Gold Market China Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Rain The Adventures of Carl Crow

Chapter 6: India: Don't Drink the Tap Water?

Still, It's Tough to Invest in India Indian Summer India's Real Economy—Not What You Think Rajasthan's Oil Prize and India's Energy Needs The Malabar Coast Mega Money Enters India's Housing Market The View from Hyderabad Buying Gold in Mumbai Crop Prices Matter Here

Chapter 7: The Emirates: Penthouse Gypsies

Dubai Circa 2007: Boomtown, Arabia Dubai 2009: The Bust Abu Dhabi—One of the Richest Places on Earth Dubai's Debt Crisis The Future of Dubai What the Emirates Need Why Dubai Still Matters The Story of Ibn Battuta

Chapter 8: South Africa: Rainbow Capitalism

Johannesburg: The City Built on Gold The Chinese Beat Me to It In Search of African Rainbows Postcard from Cape Town Cape Town's Biggest Industrial Site My Favorite Way to Play Africa Bet on the Inevitable

Chapter 9: Down Under and Beyond: Australia and New Zealand

The Middle East of Gas The Case for LNG Front Line on Ag Investing: Melbourne On to New Zealand Investing Advice under a Pohutukawa Tree New Zealand's Economic Place in the World

Chapter 10: Southeast Asia: Travels Through Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam

Bangkok: From Behind the Floodwaters The Warren Buffett of Thailand Cambodia: Kingdom of Wonder Phnom Penh: The Pearl of Asia Leopard Capital: Visionary Investors of Frontier Markets The Ruins of Angkor, Tonle Sap, and the Mekong Vietnam: A Country, Not a War Hanoi: City of Lakes The Adventures of Mr. Shaplen

Argentina: Ruining a Good Thing Mother Russia: Full of Surprises Central Asia: History's Geographical Pivot Turkish Delights Economic Impressionism in the Dark Corners

Chapter 12: Canada: A Breadbasket's Great Comeback

Double Your Money on Cropland Canola: Canada's Most Valuable Cash Crop The Topsoil Crisis Outpace Inflation with Farmland Investing The Case for Pulses Bringing Crops from the Producer to the World The Toll Road for Grains Of Course, There's More to Canada than Saskatchewan

Chapter 13: The United States of America: Home Again

The Greatest Resource Shortage You've Never Heard of Reporting from Bear Lake Rocky Mountain Coal Meets Steel Demand Journey to Cook Inlet Rocky Mountain Speculation: The Bakken The Shale Gas Revolution Windfall Profits in American Agriculture Still a Nation of Builders American Aviation Taking Off Top-Secret America American Homes: Buy Thrifty Deals The Best Investments for the Next 50 Years

Chapter 14: An Investor's Guide to the World Right Side Up

Another Way to Invest in S-Curves Envoi

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