Megathreats

Our Ten Biggest Threats, and How to Survive Them

De: Nouriel Roubini

Narrado por: Kamran Khan

The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading towards the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats.

Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed 'Dr Doom,' until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true—when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our peril. There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious, he calls them Megathreats. From the worst debt crisis the world has ever seen, to governments pumping out too much money, to borders that are blocked to workers and to many shipments of goods, to the rise of a new superpower competition between China and the U.S., to climate change that strikes directly at our most populated cities, we are facing not one, not two, but ten causes of disaster. There is a slight chance we can avoid them, if we come to our senses—but we must act now.

In the 1970s, the U.S. faced stagflation: high rates of inflation combined with stagnant employment and growth. Today, we are heading towards a Great Stagflation that will make the 1970s look like a walk in the park.

©2022 Nouriel Roubini (P)2022 Hachette Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Roubini has surpassed even his high standards: the ten Megathreats he details are as scary as they are plausible. Forewarned is forearmed. Read and pay attention." (Martin Wolf)

If you believe growth is the answer to all our...

...troubles then you will love this book.
It's written by an economist whose only answer to any threat seems to be to outgrow it. If there isn't massive growth to be had, it's not a good solution.
That is why I found his answers wanting and his solutions flimsy.
If his investment advice in the end of the book is advice, remains to be seen.

Nothing revealing - ok book

Not worth buying it. Better off listing to Roubini’s podcasts or clips on YouTube which summarise this book in 15 min. Otherwise it’s a good summary of issues the world is facing.