MegaThreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them
by Nouriel Roubini
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"Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Recession came true--when it was too late. Now he is back with a much scarier prediction, one that we ignore at our peril. There are no fewer than ten overlapping, interconnected threats that are so serious, he calls them Megathreats. From the worst debt crisis the world has ever seen, to governments pumping out too much money, to borders that are blocked to workers and to show more many shipments of goods, to the rise of a new superpower competition between China and the U.S., to climate change that strikes directly at our most populated cities, we are facing not one, not two, but ten causes of disaster. There is a slight chance we can avoid them, if we come to our senses--but we must act now." -- show lessTags
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A very good summation of some of the major threats that faced the Western world in the next 10 to 20 years. This book addresses the issues of difficulties with economy, trade, war, and statecraft. Largely based around the economic framework that underpins these events, this is a book for those people with an interest in the near future and risk prediction.
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- Canonical title*
- La grande catastrofe. Dieci minacce per il nostro futuro e le strategie per sopravvivere
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- MegaThreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them
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- Economics, Nonfiction, Business, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 338.542 — Society, Government, and Culture Economics Production Microeconomics Fluctuations Business Cycles
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- CB161 .R673 — Auxiliary Sciences of History History of Civilization History of Civilization Forecasts of future progress
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