As president of Eurasia Group, a global risk-consulting firm that he founded in 1998, Ian Bremmer has to keep alert for developments that could shake the markets, like the upcoming Brazilian elections or the rising influence of Al Qaeda in Yemen. But the biggest risk of all is probably the one he writes about in a new book — the risk that China will eclipse U.S.-style capitalism for years to come.
If you just read his book The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War between States and Corporations?, published this spring and hovering at a quite respectable "best seller" ....