An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
by Henry M. Paulson
Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg
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Paulson's account reads like a business‑statesman memoir: close, detail‑rich, and full of negotiation scenes from his years at Goldman Sachs and as Treasury secretary. The most useful parts are concrete descriptions of how economic dialogues, deal‑making, and market‑access talks actually unfolded, including specific policy trade‑offs and the limitations of leverage. The main limitation is a strong insider perspective that sometimes slips into defensiveness and replays of meetings rather than big‑picture analysis. Expect useful operational color for practitioners but fewer broad, critical analyses for scholars or skeptics.
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Hank Paulson has dealt with China unlike any other foreigner. As head of Goldman Sachs, Paulson had a pivotal role in opening up China to private enterprise. Then, as Treasury secretary, he created the Strategic Economic Dialogue with what is now the world's secondlargest economy. He negotiated with China on needed economic reforms, while safeguar...
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