Table of Contents
Foreword: Sometimes It’s Different vii
Acknowledgments ix
Preface: Notes before We Go xi
CHAPTER 1 The World Right Side Up 1
CHAPTER 2 Colombia: In Search of El Dorado 25
CHAPTER 3 Brazil: The Soil Superpower 45
CHAPTER 4 Nicaragua: This Side of Paradise 65
CHAPTER 5 China: Crisis and Opportunity in the Middle Kingdom 75
CHAPTER 6 India: Don’t Drink the Tap Water? 105
CHAPTER 7 The Emirates: Penthouse Gypsies 125
CHAPTER 8 South Africa: Rainbow Capitalism 143
CHAPTER 9 Down Under and Beyond: Australia and New Zealand 163
CHAPTER 10 Southeast Asia: Travels Through Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam 183
CHAPTER 11 Other Places, Other Opportunities: Mongolia, Argentina, Russia, Turkey, and Central Asia 209
CHAPTER 12 Canada: A Breadbasket’s Great Comeback 227
CHAPTER 13 The United States of America: Home Again 247
CHAPTER 14 An Investor’s Guide to the World Right Side Up 283
About the Author 291
Index 293