World Economics

"Economic hit men," John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder."

Many books have been written about J. Doyne Farmer and his work, but this is the first in his own words. It presents a manifesto for how to do economics better. In this tale of science and ideas, Farmer fuses his profound knowledge and expertise with stories from his life to explain how we can bring a scientific revolution to bear on the economic conundrums facing society.

Discover the untold economic history of how the Dutch Republic—once the envy of the world—inadvertently financed the rise of its greatest rival. In the 17th century, the Dutch Republic stood as the undisputed "Workshop of the World." Through sheer ingenuity, they revolutionized global trade with inventions like the wind-powered sawmill and the cargo-dominating Fluyt ship. They established the first true global reserve currency in the Golden Guilder and built an economic engine that seemed unstoppable. But hidden within their unprecedented success lay the seeds of their eventual decline....

Global economic power is shifting, liberal market-oriented democracies face growing domestic turmoil, and international trade and financial integration is crumbling. How did we get here? In The Doom Loop, economist Eswar Prasad argues that the very forces that we long believed could stabilize the world order are fueling its destabilization. Rather than promoting shared prosperity, globalization has instead deepened economic inequality, stoked political backlash, and prompted escalating trade wars.

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.

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...

What if the economy wasn’t chaotic at all—but followed a hidden code? The Armstrong Economic Code reveals the powerful cyclical patterns discovered by legendary forecaster Martin A. Armstrong, whose Economic Confidence Model (ECM) has predicted every major boom, bust, and geopolitical shift for more than four decades. Compiled and expanded by Kerry Lutz, host of the Financial Survival Network and longtime student of Armstrong’s work, this definitive edition connects the dots between history, markets, and the rhythm of human behavior. From the rise and fall of empires to the digital ...

In an era defined by digital isolation, deep polarization, and a rapidly shifting global economy, it is easy to feel disconnected and overwhelmed. Why are things the way they are? How do we build meaningful communities in a fractured world? The answers lie in Social Philosophy—the profound study of the "we" and the invisible structures that shape our everyday lives. If you are looking to move from confused to confident and understand the forces driving today’s headlines, your shortcut to wisdom is here. Part of the acclaimed Philosophy Summit Collection, SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY Summarized: ...

Western civilization has given us modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of law, a sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, philosophy grounded in reason, and innumerable other gifts we take for granted.

Discover the untold story of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the most influential platform shaping global economics, politics, and society over the last five decades. From its humble beginnings as a European management forum to its rise as a global convening space for corporate leaders, political figures, and innovators, this book reveals how Davos became the stage where the world’s most critical decisions are debated and sometimes decided. Dive into the pivotal moments that defined the Forum’s evolution: How the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s tested WEF’s relevance...

The world is fracturing. The old order is crumbling, and the future is a battleground of ideas. While most of us watch the headlines in confusion, a handful of brave thinkers – Ray Dalio, Samuel Huntington, and Aleksandr Dugin – saw it coming decades ago. For their prophetic insights, they have been shunned, banned, and even targeted. But what if they are right? This book series does not merely summarize their powerful theories on the new multipolar world. It confronts them, critiques them, and forges them into a new vision – a Christian American response to the greatest geopolitical ...

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world...

The award-winning and Sunday Times-bestselling author of Material World tells the story of how one of humanity's greatest innovations took over the world. INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The story of trade is the story of humanity. From the copper in Mesopotamian ploughs to the silicon atoms...

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, treating men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women.

It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers that were the primary cause of the economic meltdown, the effects of which set the stage for World War II and reverberated for decades.

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America...

From the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Material World, a story that will take you from ancient civilizations, empire and globalisation through to the most influential geopolitical issue of our times. The story of trade is the story of humanity. From the copper in...

The instant New York Times bestseller A Tom Wolfe Literary Prize finalist Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by New York Times, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books “A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for...

Bloomsbury presents Economics: The User's Guide by Ha-Joon Chang, read by Jonathan Keeble. From the internationally bestselling author and prizewinning economist—a highly original guide to the global economy. In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge...