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  • Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them
  • Written by: Nouriel Roubini
  • Narrated by: Kamran Khan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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MegaThreats

Written by: Nouriel Roubini
Narrated by: Kamran Khan
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Publisher's Summary

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.

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.

In the 1970s, the U.S. faced stagflation: high rates of inflation combined with stagnant employment and growth. Today, we are heading toward a Great Stagflation that will make the 1970s look like a walk in the park.

©2022 Nouriel Roubini (P)2022 Little, Brown & Company

What the critics say

Roubini cuts to the real problems like a hot knife through butter, with a clarity of mind that is rare among economists. I have never seen a more lucid and nuanced account of our financial condition. Not only will the reader be better off after reading this book, but the world will be a better place when central bankers absorb its message."—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Skin in the Game

“No economist is better able to curdle the reader's blood than Nouriel Roubini. What makes his views significant however is not that they are scary, but that they generally prove to be true. With this book, alas, he has surpassed even his high standards: the ten megathreats he details are as scary as they are plausible. Forewarned is forearmed. Read and pay attention."—Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times

“From the economics guru who predicted the 2008 crash, MegaThreats breaks down the most dangerous risks threatening global peace and prosperity in the coming decades. Nouriel offers a sobering analysis of the challenges we’ll face to avert the worst, as each crisis reinforces the others and hinders our ability to respond to all of them. The choice is clear: either we overcome deep-rooted political and geopolitical barriers to mount an adequate collective response (my preference!), or we sleepwalk into a new era of chaos and upheaval. A timely and compelling read, MegaThreats is a wake-up call for humanity.”—Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis

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  • 2023-07-06

Pretty basic stuff

No real insights, just statements of obvious trends with little thought about how to address/invest for them.

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To elementary … reading for the economic illiterate

Roubini wastes countless chapters diatribing his version of our history. Like his tv interviews, he over-speaks the subject to nauseaum.
Going to listen to the end to see if it salvages my time on the start. But, he really is annoying with his low brow recitations .
Show stats, facts, trends, results. Then define your thesis and present it.
I’m praying it doesn’t end so dry of value

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Latest for our current economic misery

Very up-to-date & thorough Most helpful to understand the current complexities !! Well worth the listen & I’ll likely listen again as so many “words of wisdom” !!!

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