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Title: Contradictions abound
Review: The book attributes success of USA over USSR, its former Cold War enemy, to its economic competitiveness. On the other hand, the author accuses the Chinese of unfair competitiveness. When is competitiveness fair and when is it unfair ? When the U.S. has so many economic advantages, wouldn't it make sense for the Chinese to use whatever its advantages it has which they know that the Americans don't have ? Ted deplores the lowly wages paid to the average Chinese worker but he forgets to mention the obvious that is "Would anyone in their right mind work for low wages if they have some other economic opportunity ?" What he is inferring is that the Chinese worker should be paid more, reducing the competitiveness of Chinese products, save American jobs and in the longer run, the Chinese lose their jobs. Bizzare ! Sorry, Ted - in business and in war, no one pull punches.
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