Publisher description: In this vital book, visionary international investment manager Antoine van Agtmael -- the pioneer who coined the term "emerging markets"--Pulls back the curtain on the new powerhouses of the world economy. Picking up where Thomas Friedman's The World Is Flat left off, he persuasively demonstrates that the world's center of gravity is already tipping decisively in favor of the emerging economies. With this seismic shift, competitive...