The Post-American World: Release 2.0 (36 page)

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, 218–19

human rights, 88–89, 93, 97, 121–27, 157–58, 173, 242, 256, 260, 274

Humphrey, Hubert, 283

Huntington, Samuel P., 53, 87

Hussein, Saddam, 189, 248n, 274

Hwa Chong Institution, 211

hyperinflation, 25

“hyperpower,” 246

IBM, 104

Ignatius, David, 270

Ikenberry, John, 256

Immelt, Jeffrey, 204, 258

immigration, 16, 61, 87, 167, 213–16, 224, 233, 272, 276, 278, 283

Imperial China, 62–74, 76, 77, 84, 86, 122–25

Imperial Germany, 186n, 192, 195, 257, 261, 266–67

imperialism, 42, 258–59, 261–63

Imperial Japan, 36–37, 38, 84, 134–35, 196

income levels, 23, 67, 113–14, 148, 206, 207, 212, 216, 217–18, 219, 282

independent regulatory agencies, 90

India, 31, 145–83, 281

agriculture in, 151, 160

ancient civilization of, 64, 65, 67, 70, 77, 82–83

as Asian country, 151–52, 173, 181

author as native of, 205, 210, 271, 283, 284–85

automobiles in, 110, 111, 149, 229–30

banking industry of, 153, 157

billionaires in, 149, 155

British rule of, 36, 37, 60, 81, 84, 89, 94, 97–98, 151, 154, 156, 158–59, 161, 162–63, 164, 170, 173, 179

capitalism in, 74, 113–15, 152–53, 157, 167

caste system of, 74, 180–81

China compared with, 64, 108–9, 110–11, 113, 146, 147–51, 152, 157, 159, 167, 169, 175–78, 181–82, 257

Chinese relations with, 133, 143, 165, 166, 169, 173, 257

coal power in, 34

Communist Party of, 158

Constituent Assembly of, 154

Constitution of, 150

consumerism in, 151–52

corruption in, 156–57

credit in, 152–53

culture of, 64, 67, 70, 77, 82–83, 88, 93, 94, 95, 99, 169–74

as democracy, 40, 108, 109, 113, 117, 145, 150, 152, 154, 156–62, 167, 169, 172, 173, 176, 178–83

demographics of, 148

as developing country, 151–53, 157–62, 169, 175, 177, 181

diversity of, 178–83

domestic market of, 48

economic reform in, 108, 159–62, 169, 178

economy of, xii, 2–3, 23, 40–41, 48, 55, 65, 74, 86, 108, 113–15, 117, 145–62, 166–67, 169, 175, 178, 181, 200, 226–27, 249

education in, 82–83, 109, 155, 157–58, 160, 161, 204–8, 210

Election Commission of, 157

as emerging market, 39, 53, 258

emigration from, 167

energy needs of, 30, 34, 176

engineers trained in, 204–8

female literacy in, 157

film industry of, 90, 94, 147, 153–55

foreign investment in, 153

foreign policy of, 162–78

free markets in, 23

global influence of, 53, 146–48, 164–78, 181, 256–57, 269

government of, 145, 150, 156–67, 177–83

gross domestic product (GDP) of, 49, 66, 145, 148, 151, 152, 157, 249

growth rate for, 2, 145–56, 158, 159–62, 166, 169, 178, 182, 249

health care in, 155, 157–58, 160, 161

Hinduism in, 74, 75, 97–98, 146, 169–74, 180

HIV rate in, 149, 161

human rights in, 88–89, 97, 157–58, 173

income levels of, 148, 207

independence of, 154, 159, 162

industrialization of, 151

inflation in, 145

infrastructure of, 149–53, 159

languages of, 93, 151, 168, 179, 180

legal system of, 150, 157

literacy rate in, 157–58

living standards in, 66–67

manufacturing sector of, 22, 148–49, 151, 153

mass media in, 154–55, 173

middle class of, 160

military forces of, 164, 167, 174–78, 249, 260

modernization of, 74, 145–49, 151

multinational corporations in, 60

Muslim minority in, 12, 158–59, 172, 180–81

nationalism in, 41, 145, 158–59, 180–83

nonalignment policy of, 163–66, 177

nuclear weapons of, 54, 167, 174–78, 249, 260

oil needs of, 30

Pakistan’s relations with, 145, 165, 172, 176

political parties in, 154, 156–62, 178, 179–80

population of, 23, 31, 66, 145, 147–48, 178–83

poverty in, 3, 146, 149, 150, 155–58, 169, 177

private sector of, 148–53, 160–61

regional governments in, 145, 161–62, 178–83