Global Macroeconomics

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD “A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Advance copies of Ray Dalio’s new book about how countries go broke have become a hot read in Washington.” —The New York Times “This book is a gift to humanity….Ray provides a solution to what is the biggest and most certain threat to our prosperity.”...

A well-researched and entertaining look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs, from the co-host of the NPR podcast Planet Money. "Should be required reading." —The New York Times Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In...

This guidebook covers the essentials of macroeconomics and examines, in a simple and intuitive way, the core ideas of output, money, and expectations. Early chapters leave you with an understanding of everything from fiscal policy and central banking to business cycles and international trade. Later chapters provide a brief monetary history of the United States as well as the basics of macroeconomic accounting. You'll learn why countries trade, why exchange rates move, and what makes an economy grow.

Entrepreneur and investor Jason A. Williams is the first author to put bitcoin in context of the 2020 crisis - a year of financial disaster and unprecedented money creation (money printer go brrr!). Hard Money You Can’t F*ck With explains bitcoin in simple, understandable terms and maps out how this "magic internet money" will grow into the best form of money we’ve ever had.

Who is the richest person in the world, ever? Does where you were born affect how much money you'll earn over a lifetime? How would we know? Why, beyond the idle curiosity, do these questions even matter? In The Haves and the Have-Nots, Branko Milanovic, one of the world's leading experts on wealth, poverty, and the gap that separates them, explains these and other mysteries of how wealth is unevenly spread throughout our world, now and through time.

The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide.

In this "bracingly iconoclastic” book (New York Times Book Review), a renowned economics scholar breaks down the fight to end global poverty and the rights that poor individuals have had taken away for generations. In The Tyranny of Experts, renowned economist William Easterly examines our...

The world as you know it is one bottleneck away from collapse. For decades, the global economy has obsessed over Just In Time efficiency, cutting costs to the bone and eliminating every safety margin. But as climate volatility, geopolitical conflict, and fragile maritime chokepoints converge, that lean machine is breaking. Prices are rising, shelves are emptying, and the invisible threads of globalization are snapping in real time. Choke Point reveals the hidden physical web that dictates your cost of living. From the drought stricken Panama Canal to the high stakes semiconductor labs of ...

Modern economics explains outcomes but fails to explain flow. Markets rise and fall, recessions appear and disappear, and asset prices detach from fundamentals—not because of mysterious forces, but because liquidity moves through the economy in structured, repeatable ways. The Economy as a Liquidity System reframes macroeconomics, financial markets, and investing through a single unifying lens: liquidity. Rather than treating money, credit, capital markets, households, corporations, and governments as isolated components, this book presents the economy as a dynamic liquidity network—one...

The U.S. dollar’s dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking, and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation about the dollar’s looming displacement as the main reserve currency. Yet, as The Dollar Trap powerfully argues, the financial crisis, a dysfunctional international monetary system, and U.S. policies have paradoxically strengthened the dollar’s importance.

Macroeconomics takes a broad perspective on the economy of a country or region; it studies economic changes in the aggregate, collecting data on production, unemployment, inflation, consumption, investment, trade, and other aspects of national and international economic life. Policymakers depend on macroeconomists' knowledge when making decisions about such issues as taxes and the public budget, monetary and exchange rate policies, and trade policies-all of which, in turn, affect decisions made by individuals and businesses. 

A creative and surprising exploration of economics through the lens of the food and global cuisine―from the bestselling author of Economics. For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Ha-Joon Chang...

Read by author Soumaya Keynes 'An amazing book' – Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in economics 'Timely, witty and wise' – Tim Harford, broadcaster and bestselling author of The Undercover Economist 'A breezy, low-jargon guide' – Helen Lewis, bestselling author of The Genius Myth A witty...

Welcome to your comprehensive guide through the System of National Accounts. This textbook serves as a rigorous macroeconomic guide designed to systematically measure, analyze, and map a nation’s overall economic lifecycle. It bridges the gap between aggregate macroeconomic theory and real-world policy surveillance, providing economists, researchers, and policymakers with a harmonized language to compare economic performance globally. 📖 Core Structure and Themes of the Book The text is organized into 12 structured chapters that guide you from foundational macroeconomic identities to ...

Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to...

The Architecture of Collapse: Why Every Reserve Currency Eventually Fails is a compelling and accessible journey through the hidden cycles of global finance. Written in an engaging, storybook-inspired style, this book deconstructs the rise and fall of history's most powerful economic anchors. From the sunlit ancient marketplaces where the 95% pure silver Roman Denarius history began to the revolutionary vaults of the Bank of Amsterdam, the narrative explores how trust is meticulously built on tangible value and a "golden promise" of stability. Moving beyond simple timelines, the text ...

Welcome to Energy Economics: Principles, Markets, and the Climate Transition. Energy lies at the very heart of modern economic activity, serving as both a fundamental input for industrial production and a vital prerequisite for societal development. Whether it is powering heavy manufacturing, keeping digital infrastructure alive, or fueling transportation networks, how society extracts, distributes, and consumes energy shapes global economic performance, environmental sustainability, and geopolitical dynamics. This text provides a comprehensive analytical journey through Energy Economics—...

An intimate glimpse into the world of the financial elite and their unique network of personal relationships. FOREWORD BY NOURIEL ROUBINI SuperHubs is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the global financial system and the powerful personal networks through which it is run, at the centre of which...

From the bestselling and award-winning author of ‘An English Affair’, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century. John Maynard Keynes saved Britain from financial crisis twice over the course of two World Wars, and...