Economics

Tower of Basel is the first investigative history of the world's most secretive global financial institution.

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....

You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips.

From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine comes a timely and compelling account of China in the wake of Chairman Mao....

As an economist and former banker, Mark Carney has spent his life in various financial roles, in both the public and private sector. Value(s) is a meditation on his experiences that examines the short-comings and challenges of the market in the past decade....

World-renowned economist and professor at the London School of Economics Keyu Jin presents a myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy....

The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.

When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict....

Working 24 hours a day and providing great open doors for businesses, the forex market is the largest and most flexible monetary market available on Earth. Still, investigating this rapid temperature calls for quick navigation, precision, and the ability to gradually break out vast amounts of data.

A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequences....

In How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman reveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led to its constant, dangerous vulnerability.

For fans of Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs and Chris Miller’s Chip War, a riveting look at how Apple helped build China’s dominance in electronics assembly and manufacturing only to find itself trapped in a relationship with an authoritarian state making ever-increasing demands.

Sharma explains how to spot political, economic, and social changes in real time....

The world is changing in ways most of us find incomprehensible....

This is the inside story of how America turned from a respected republic into a feared empire....

From a brilliant longtime AI insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI from the beginning, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy.

Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed....

Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year that changed everything - from the acclaimed author of Crashed....

The Chinese economy appears destined for failure, the financial bubble forever in peril of popping, the real estate sector doomed to collapse, the factories fated for bankruptcy....

Struggling with a recession... European nations at risk of defaulting on their loans... A possible global financial crisis. It happened before, in the 1970s....

A remarkable debut by one of America's premier young reporters on financial corruption, American Kleptocracy offers the first explosive investigation into how the United States of America built the largest illicit offshore finance system the world has ever known....

In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. This well-timed book, by one of the world's leading experts, provides the first comprehensive account of China's aid and economic cooperation overseas....

Global trade is of vital interest to citizens as well as policymakers, yet it is widely misunderstood....

Investigative journalist Aoife Barry offers a David-and-Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals....

An impassioned defense of open society, academic and media freedom, and human rights....

This book explores how interconnected our world has become and how quickly one event can ripple across continents. The story begins with a single spark on distant shores, setting off a chain reaction through international markets. As tariff wars escalate, industries and consumers everywhere feel the strain, revealing the fragile ties binding global economies. Geopolitical tensions add fuel to the fire, turning economic skirmishes into full-blown crises. The roots of inflation are traced back to these conflicts, exposing how hidden forces quietly erode purchasing power. Recession emerges not...

El Día de la Liberación deshizo ochenta años de diplomacia pacífica establecida a través de múltiples administraciones presidenciales y arruinó el comercio entre los EE.UU. y sus aliados en nuestros puntos económicos más vulnerables de la historia. En resumen, inicialmente pensé que era una distracción para algo más importante que sucedía en todo el mundo, pero para nuestra muerte, fue simplemente una idiotez. Me gusta el presidente Trump, pero ahora está claro que su narcisismo y los nombramientos que ha colocado en su administración están decididos a hacer que los pobres ...

Tariffs are dominating the news cycle worldwide—and for good reason. In 2025, President Donald Trump’s administration took an unprecedented step, imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from some of the world’s largest trading partners: Canada, the EU, China, and beyond. These tariffs have redefined the landscape of global trade and set the stage for a new era of economic confrontation. But what are tariffs, exactly? How do they work, and why is it important to understand them? J. E.

FT Recommended Book on Global Trade War. 'It succeeds both in explaining how global trade works and how it affects things many voters actually care about' – Financial Times. 'My hero on this is Dmitry Grozoubinski, who has written the most beautiful book' – author Rory Stewart. Why Politicians Lie About Trade reveals how international trade really works – the roadblock tariffs, the hard-won deals and the damaging disputes.

World history began in the Persian Gulf. The ancient port cities that dotted its coastlines created the first global seaboard, a place from where faiths and cultures from around the world set sail and made contact. More than a history, The Center of the World shows us that contradictions that define our modern age have always been present.