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A vivid character-driven narrative, fused with important new economic and political reporting and research, that busts the myths about middle class decline and

This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.

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Details the financial-oriented adventures of Robert P. Smith, who has made and lost millions by making risky investments in troubled economies around the world,