While the author is no doubt a brilliant economist and investor, he is no writer. Reading this book is like slogging through an economics textbook but without the lectures to explain it. I've had more fun at the dentist's. I think it is a worthwhile read, however, because it offers insight into the thinking of one of the most respected leaders of our economy and the investment world. If one follows the premise that markets follow the leader, El-Erian is a leader who will be followed, and has been. The rush to foreign markets is either a cause or the effect of this man's thinking, and attention must be paid. ( )

Not for the faint of heart -- or mind. ( )