Download or read book When Markets Collide, Chapter 2 - How Traditional Resources Failed Us written by Mohamed El-Erian and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chapter comes from the #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller When Markets Collide, in which Mohamed A. El-Erian--the man who Fortune magazine refers to as a "Global Guru"-- offers a cogent picture of the rapidly changing world financial system. A book that is sure to become an overnight investment classic, it gets you up to speed on the new economic and investing landscape and provides a detailed blueprint for capitalizing on the phenomenal opportunities now available in that new investment landscape, while minimizing the new and challenging set of risks.