Economic Conditions

Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century....

Master the Craft: Discover the foundational techniques for crafting stunning jewelry and unique handmade items that stand out in the market. From beading and wire wrapping to resin art and polymer clay, you'll gain the skills needed to create professional-quality pieces.

Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well....

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America....

Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs....

The New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression and Currency Wars predicts how AI will endanger global economic markets and security.

One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? Listen to find out more....

Todo mundo imagina as bolsas de valores mais ou menos da mesma forma: pessoas nervosas na sala do pregão, gritando sem parar, agitando braços e empunhando telefones. Mas essa imagem já era....

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, tracing the fateful decisions that created this crisis—and outlines new rules of investing for the forward-thinking....

An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period....

Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and more stable nations....

Why do Israelis have among the world’s highest life expectancies and lowest rates of “deaths of despair” from suicide and substance abuse? Why is Israel’s population young and growing while all other wealthy democracies are aging and shrinking?....

In Selling in a Crisis, the world's most sought-after sales trainer Jeb Blount delivers an essential blueprint for staying motivated, keeping your pipeline full, increasing sales, retaining your customers, and advancing your career in times of uncertainty and change....

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the great transformation of the Industrial Revolution.

In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global ‘overshoot,’ or resource use beyond the carrying capacity of the planet.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the landmark Freakonomics, comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the world....

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen....

Writing in response to the growing anti-Chinese sentiment and alarmed by the threat of war, Dr. David Daokui Li pulls from his wealth of firsthand experience to demystify contemporary Chinese society and advocate for understanding between China and the West.

A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland....

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. This book provides an in-depth account of this era....

The COVID-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old, and widened the gaps between rich and poor, red and blue, the mask wearers and the mask haters....

Political economist Nicholas Eberstadt shows that while "unemployment" has gone down, America's work rate is also lower today than a generation ago....

Do you ever feel like you're treading water, struggling to keep up with the rising tide of expenses? From groceries to housing to transportation, your cost of living continues to climb while your wages struggle to keep up.

In the world of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, capitalists built and controlled mills and factories. That relationship between capital and labor continued in the automobile assembly lines and petrochemical plants of the twentieth century. But no longer: products and production have dematerialized.

Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it....

The global financial system wasn’t disrupted overnight—it rotted slowly from the inside. While Wall Street gorged on leverage and central banks played god with inflation targets, a silent monetary revolution was already underway. The Bitcoin Shift charts how Bitcoin went from fringe experiment to institutional foundation, not as a speculative asset but as the world’s next financial base layer. This isn’t another Bitcoin hype manual. It’s a forensic chronicle of how governments, regulators, and banks first fought—and then quietly embraced—the hardest money ever invented. From ...

Hard Reset is not another self-congratulatory prepper manual or breathless survivalist fantasy. It is a brutally practical guide to preparing your home and your family for the realities of long-term economic collapse—written for people who are burned out, skeptical, and sick of being told to just "stay positive." This book strips away false hope, hollow advice, and performative optimism. In its place, it offers clarity, competence, and quiet defiance. You won’t find vague encouragement or impractical homesteading dreams here. Instead, you’ll find direct guidance on how to secure food,...

In De-Dollarization: The Global Effort to Dismantle America's Financial Empire, the shifting tides of global finance are laid bare. From the post-World War II rise of the U.S. dollar to the increasing efforts of nations to break free from its grip, this book explores how de-dollarization is reshaping global trade, financial systems, and international politics. As countries like China, Russia, and members of the BRICS alliance push to sidestep the U.S. dollar in favor of local currencies and alternative systems, the once unassailable status of the dollar is being questioned. This book covers...

What happens when the most trusted currency in the world loses its throne? The God Candle is a bold, unflinching examination of the U.S. dollar’s decline and the parallel rise of Bitcoin and gold as rival monetary anchors. From the collapse of the petrodollar system to the quiet desperation of central banks, this book exposes the deep fractures in a global financial system built on debt, illusion, and confidence that can no longer be sustained. Authoritatively written for the serious reader, this book traces how decades of reckless monetary policy and geopolitical overreach led to ...

For most of the twentieth century, America didn’t just lead the world—it defined it. From Hollywood blockbusters and blue jeans to democracy promotion and elite universities, U.S. influence radiated through culture, diplomacy, and credibility. This was soft power: the ability to shape global behavior not by coercion, but by example. And it worked—until it didn’t. Soft Power: America’s Greatest Asset—And How We’re Throwing It Away is a razor-sharp, thirty-chapter examination of how the United States built unrivaled global influence—and how it's now dismantling it in real time...

Africa is the world’s poorest continent and, arguably, its richest. In The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis takes listeners on a gripping journey into the world of the magnates and militiamen, the despots and jet-setting executives who gorge on Africa’s vast stocks of oil, gas, metals, and precious stones. Combining deep reporting with an action-packed narrative, Burgis presents a blistering investigation of the plunder of a continent and the terrible human toll.

A searing and comprehensive indictment of modern finance, The Captured Republic is a powerful, meticulously researched examination of how a cartel of Wall Street megabanks has systematically dismantled financial regulations, captured the mechanisms of government, and set the stage for the next global economic crisis. This ambitious work delivers a clear and compelling thesis: that the American republic has been compromised by a handful of financial institutions which have institutionalized moral hazard and turned the state into a guarantor for their private risk-taking. With the sharp prose...

What happens when the world’s dominant superpower begins to lose not just its influence—but the trust of its allies, the credibility of its currency, and the cohesion of its own institutions? Unraveled: The Death of Globalization and the Fall of America delivers a gripping, deeply researched account of how American hegemony quietly fractured from within. This isn't a story of sudden collapse. It’s a forensic dissection of the slow, deliberate dismantling of the postwar order—engineered not by enemies, but by decades of political short-termism, elite self-dealing, and institutional ...

What happens when money loses its meaning? Sound Money and Freedom: The End of War, Corruption, and Poverty lays out a direct, uncompromising case for how fiat currency collapse fuels global dysfunction—and how returning to sound money principles can reverse the damage. This isn’t economic theory wrapped in academic jargon. It’s a clear breakdown of how inflation steals wealth from savers, how central banking distorts markets, and how endless wars are bankrolled with money that’s conjured out of thin air. When governments are no longer constrained by honest accounting, the result is...

Providing an impartial outlook, Insights to Nearshoring offers distinctive perspectives on the current resurgence of manufacturing, services, and supply chains redirecting towards the Americas. Backed by facts and personal encounters, Gubio presents a fresh lens through which to view the countries, cultures, and individuals affected by the nearshoring trend.