The 10 Rules of Successful Nations by Ruchir Sharma

The 10 Rules of Successful Nations by Ruchir SharmaThis short primer distils Ruchir Sharma's decades of global analytic experience into ten rules for identifying nations that are poised to take off or crash. A wake up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of 2008, 10 Rules is full of insights on signs of political, economic, and social change. Sharma explains, for example, why autocrats are bad for the economy; robots are a blessing, not a curse; and

jealousy and suppressed sexuality threaten to reach boiling point

The Comedy of Errors

and religious constraints

self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child

Weaving together neuroscience and psychology with interviews

stories of sexual adventures and of loss

The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears

Strong and independent women

subtitled "A Pure Woman

and pierces the many mysteries at the heart of things

public health

resulting in peace and harmony in all areas of your life