Winner Take All · China's Race for Resources and What It Means for the World by Moyo, Dambisa -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY DAMBISA MOYO Title Page List of Tables Introduction PART I - China’s Rush for Resources

CHAPTER 1 - The Drivers of World Commodity Demand

The Malthusian Chronicles Driving Resource Demand The Global Population Grows The World’s Population Gets Wealthier Planes, Trains, and Automobiles An Urban Wave It’s All About China From Demand to Supply

CHAPTER 2 - The Resource State of Play: Land and Water

Terra Firma Land Registry Tapped Out: The Prospects for Water It’s All About China Are Technology-Based Solutions the Answer? A Double Whammy

CHAPTER 3 - The Resource State of Play: Oil, Gas, and Minerals

A Peek at Oil A Foreboding Future Predictions from the Peak Models The Supply Crunch Oil, Freedom, and Corruption The Price to Make a Profit Petro Politics Location, Location, Location Hydrocarbons Are Here to Stay The Promise of Gas The Challenge of Interchanging Technology as a Saving Grace Convergence on the Cards Upwardly Mobile The Challenges of Supply China’s Consumption versus the World’s Production Relieving Demand Pressures and Easing Supply Shortfalls

CHAPTER 4 - Hocking the Family Jewels

Means, Motive, Opportunity—What China Does Spanning the Globe Vertical and Horizontal Alignment How China Does It: The Many Ways to Skin a Cat What’s in It for Me? It’s Not All Been Plain Sailing Do They Know Something We Don’t? Reading the Tea Leaves

PART II - What China’s Resource Rush Means for the World

What Have We Learned Thus Far About China and Its Commodities Push? CHAPTER 5 - A Commodity Price Précis

Doing Brisk Business Financial Traders and Producers A Financial Trade An Illustration From Investment Assets to Consumption Assets The Price of Rice in China Speculators Speculate Hoarders Hoard A Delicate Balance A Message for the Commodity Markets

CHAPTER 6 - Cornering the Market

IOU The Rise of the Resource Monopolist All Roads Lead to Monopsony Déjà Vu All Over Again The Sources of China’s Monopsony Power Is China Dumping? Enshrined in Law A Legal Vacuum A Legal Minefield

CHAPTER 7 - Meddling in the Markets

Back to Basics Government Intervention The Long Arm of the Chinese State Do as I Say, Not as I Do Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law Ownership versus Control The Limits of Capitalism

CHAPTER 8 - The Geopolitics of It All

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? A Labor Contract The Question of Character Perception Is Reality Shelf Life of the Strategy Life Imitating Molecular Biology China Policing the Police Taking No Prisoners It Takes a Crisis

CHAPTER 9 - A Harbinger of Things to Come

The Shortage Is Food, Not Land An Energy Supply Reprieve in Shale Nuclear Promise Demand: Here to Stay A Message from the Energy Forecasts Energy Needs Increasing A Problem with Pollution Focusing on the Urgent, Not the Important

CHAPTER 10 - Clear and Present Danger

Past Is Prologue The Curse of Resources Resources as a Source of Conflict A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight From Worst-Case to Best-Case Scenarios A World Ill Prepared Forewarned Is Forearmed Stuck in a Rut A Way Forward The Real Villains: Self-Interest and Myopia Policy Choices Beyond a Unified Approach Heading into the Eye of the Storm

Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index Copyright Page