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Megathreats, ten dangerous trends that imperil our future, and how to survive them, Nouriel Roubini

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Megathreats

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Nouriel Roubini

ten dangerous trends that imperil our future, and how to survive them

"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 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." --, Provided by publisher

Prologue -- part I. Debt, demographics, and dangerous policies: The mother of all debt crises ; Private and public failures ; The demographic time bomb ; The easy money trap and the boom-bust cycle ; The coming of stagflation -- part II. Financial, trade, geopolitical, technological, and environmental catastrophes: Currency meltdowns and financial instability ; The end of globalization? ; The AI threat ; The new cold war ; An uninhabitable planet? -- part III. Can disaster be averted?: Dark destiny ; A more "utopian" future? -- Epilogue

Mega threats : ten dangerous trends that imperil our future, and how to survive themTen dangerous trends that imperil our future and how to survive them