Economics

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.

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.

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....

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

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.

An award-winning economic journalist on why the US dollar is positioned to maintain global primacy—and what that means for America and the world.

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

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....

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....

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

A deeply researched investigation that reveals how the United States is like a spider at the heart of an international web of surveillance and control, which it weaves in the form of globe-spanning networks such as fiber optic cables and obscure payment systems....

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.

In this eloquent challenge to the reigning wisdom on globalization, Dani Rodrik reminds us of the importance of the nation-state....

Since the Wall Street Crash in 1929, financial meltdowns have repeatedly sent shockwaves through our world. The Great Crashes tells the stories of ten historic events. They serve as a series of cautionary tales, each with their own set of lessons to be learnt....

At the end of World War II, America had all the money and all the power. Now, after the Great Crash of 2008, America is cash poor....

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

In The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Zucman offers an ambitious agenda for reform, focused on ways in which countries can change the incentives of tax havens....

Renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis gives the full account of his momentous clash with the mightiest economic and political forces on earth....

In this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes “capitalism’s monster”—global kleptocracy—and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us....

In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care....

An expert on China’s global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow’s networks....

Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic of economic globalization taken too far, goes beyond the populist backlash and offers a more reasoned argument against our elites' obsession with hyper-globalization....

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