On today’s Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the rise in consumer spending in China and India. By 2020, Consumer spending in China and India is expected to reach 10 trillion dollars a year. Who are these new consumers? And how are they changing their societies? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is the rise in consumer spending impacting the global economy? It’s Your Call, with Matt Martin, and you.
Guests:
Karl Gerth, a tutor and fellow at Merton College and an historian of modern Chinese history at Oxford University. His new book is As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything.
Sandip Roy, the Culture Editor for Firstpost.com
Web Resources:
Karl Gerth: As China Goes, So Goes the World
BBC: China's ever-widening wealth gap
NY Times: The Impact of China’s Consumers
First Post: America will have to deal with blind spots: guns and mental
Guardian: Pollution from car emissions killing millions in China and India