⚔️ Trade War Literature

Books examining the escalation of tariffs, sanctions, and economic hostilities between nations. These works explore how trade conflicts reshape alliances, disrupt supply chains, and threaten global stability.

Death by China

by Peter Navarro • 2011

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

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🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation 💻 Cyber Warfare 🏗️ Manufacturing Decline

Death by China 92%

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

by Peter Navarro 2011

3.50

531 ratings

🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation 💻 Cyber Warfare 🏗️ Manufacturing Decline

Chokepoints

by Edward Fishman • 2025

America now wages economic war through dollar clearing and chip supply, not troops.

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⚔️ Economic Warfare 🌐 International Finance 💵 Dollar Dominance 💻 Tech Decoupling ⛽ Energy Politics

Chokepoints 90%

America now wages economic war through dollar clearing and chip supply, not troops.

by Edward Fishman 2025

4.35

3k+ ratings

⚔️ Economic Warfare 🌐 International Finance 💵 Dollar Dominance 💻 Tech Decoupling ⛽ Energy Politics

War Without Rules

by Robert Spalding • 2022

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

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🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

War Without Rules 89%

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

by Robert Spalding 2022

4.04

318 ratings

🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

The Coming China Wars

by Peter Navarro • 2006

Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.

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222

🇨🇳 China Trade Policy 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft 🛢️ Resource Diplomacy 🌊 Hydropolitics

The Coming China Wars 89%

Cheap goods, cheap debt: the two chains binding America to a rival that already writes rules.

by Peter Navarro 2006

3.32

222 ratings

🇨🇳 China Trade Policy 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏴‍☠️ Intellectual Property Theft 🛢️ Resource Diplomacy 🌊 Hydropolitics

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

by Kishore Mahbubani • 2020

A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.

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🌏 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 💵 Reserve Currency 📊 Trade Wars ⬇️ Declinism

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy Summary

Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy 89%

A rivalry so intense it feels inevitable, yet so self-defeating it remains avoidable.

by Kishore Mahbubani 2020

4.07

2k+ ratings

🌏 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 💵 Reserve Currency 📊 Trade Wars ⬇️ Declinism

A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein • 2008

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

A Splendid Exchange 89%

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

by William J. Bernstein 2008

4.16

3k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder 89%

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

The World for Sale

by Javier Blas • 2021

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

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🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

The World for Sale 89%

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

by Javier Blas 2021

4.32

13k+ ratings

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

Underground Empire

by Henry Farrell • 2023

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

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🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Underground Empire 89%

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

by Henry Farrell 2023

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Wireless Wars

by Jonathan Pelson • 2021

The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.

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301

🗺️ Tech Geopolitics 🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📡 Telecom Industry 💣 Economic Warfare 🔗 Supply Chain Risk

Wireless Wars 89%

The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.

by Jonathan Pelson 2021

4.10

301 ratings

🗺️ Tech Geopolitics 🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📡 Telecom Industry 💣 Economic Warfare 🔗 Supply Chain Risk

The Hundred-Year Marathon

by Michael Pillsbury • 2014

China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.

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🌏 Geopolitics 🥊 China-Us Rivalry ♟️ Grand Strategy 🚀 Asymmetric Warfare 🏦 State Capitalism

The Hundred-Year Marathon 89%

China's long game to dethrone America, and how Washington became its unwitting partner.

by Michael Pillsbury 2014

4.20

5k+ ratings

🌏 Geopolitics 🥊 China-Us Rivalry ♟️ Grand Strategy 🚀 Asymmetric Warfare 🏦 State Capitalism

Never Give an Inch

by Mike Pompeo • 2022

Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.

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🇺🇸 America First 🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry 🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Diplomacy 🛡️ Deterrence Strategy

Never Give an Inch 89%

Refusing to pay, apologize, or sign weak agreements: inside Trump’s nationalist foreign policy.

by Mike Pompeo 2022

4.31

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 America First 🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry 🏛️ Cabinet Memoirs ✝️ Faith And Diplomacy 🛡️ Deterrence Strategy

Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial

by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme • 2019

The real clash of the century is nationalism versus globalism, and it's already redrawing borders.

4.23

🌐 Degloabalization 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ State Capitalism 🌏 Multipolar Order ⚔️ Trade Wars

Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial Summary

Nacionalismo contra Globalismo. Dicotomía del Siglo XXI antes de la Inteligencia Artificial 89%

The real clash of the century is nationalism versus globalism, and it's already redrawing borders.

by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme 2019

4.23

13 ratings

🌐 Degloabalization 🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ State Capitalism 🌏 Multipolar Order ⚔️ Trade Wars

Outside the Box

by Marc Levinson • 2020

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

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228

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

Outside the Box 89%

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

by Marc Levinson 2020

3.94

228 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

World on the Brink

by Dmitri Alperovitch • 2024

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

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🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

World on the Brink 89%

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024

4.20

832 ratings

🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man 89%

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

by Beth Macy 2014

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3k+ ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Destined for War

by Graham Allison • 2017

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

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🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Destined for War 89%

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

by Graham Allison 2017

4.19

7k+ ratings

🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

A Country Is Not a Company

by Paul Krugman • 2009

Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.

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244

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Trade Deficits 💱 Balance Of Payments ❌ Economic Fallacies 💼 Business Analogies

A Country Is Not a Company 89%

Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.

by Paul Krugman 2009

3.98

244 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Trade Deficits 💱 Balance Of Payments ❌ Economic Fallacies 💼 Business Analogies

Grave New World

by Stephen D. King • 2017

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

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🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

Grave New World 88%

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

by Stephen D. King 2017

3.66

227 ratings

🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

Apple in China

by Patrick McGee • 2025

One island, one party: Apple's greatest vulnerability hides in plain sight.

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10k+

🚚 Supply Chain Risk 🏭 China Manufacturing 🏛️ State Capitalism 🚀 Tech Nationalism 🇨🇳 China Business

Apple in China 88%

One island, one party: Apple's greatest vulnerability hides in plain sight.

by Patrick McGee 2025

4.48

10k+ ratings

🚚 Supply Chain Risk 🏭 China Manufacturing 🏛️ State Capitalism 🚀 Tech Nationalism 🇨🇳 China Business

America's Greatest Challenge

by Newt Gingrich • 2019

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

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🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

America's Greatest Challenge 88%

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

by Newt Gingrich 2019

4.22

269 ratings

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

The Strategy of Denial

by Elbridge A. Colby • 2021

China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.

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660

🏛️ Military Strategy 🌏 Us China Rivalry 🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait ⚔️ Limited War 🎯 Grand Strategy

The Strategy of Denial 88%

China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.

by Elbridge A. Colby 2021

3.79

660 ratings

🏛️ Military Strategy 🌏 Us China Rivalry 🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait ⚔️ Limited War 🎯 Grand Strategy

Finks

by Joel Whitney • 2017

How the CIA turned literary magazines, Nobel winners, and bestsellers into Cold War weapons.

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166

📚 Literary Cold War 📢 Covert Propaganda 📖 Weaponized Literature 🏛️ American Empire 💥 Blowback

Finks 88%

How the CIA turned literary magazines, Nobel winners, and bestsellers into Cold War weapons.

by Joel Whitney 2017

3.96

166 ratings

📚 Literary Cold War 📢 Covert Propaganda 📖 Weaponized Literature 🏛️ American Empire 💥 Blowback

Marketcrafters

by Chris Hughes • 2025

Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.

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🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Financial Regulation

Marketcrafters 88%

Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.

by Chris Hughes 2025

3.78

178 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏦 Central Banking 📋 Financial Regulation

A New Foreign Policy

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

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337

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

A New Foreign Policy 88%

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018

3.88

337 ratings

🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

Don't Wait for the Next War

by Wesley K. Clark • 2014

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

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🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

Don't Wait for the Next War 88%

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

by Wesley K. Clark 2014

3.67

93 ratings

🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

The Great Tech Game

by Anirudh Suri • 2022

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

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131

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

The Great Tech Game 88%

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

by Anirudh Suri 2022

4.43

131 ratings

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

by Pietra Rivoli • 2005

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

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🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 88%

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

by Pietra Rivoli 2005

3.69

3k+ ratings

🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

Chip War

by Chris Miller100 • 2022

One island makes nearly every advanced computer chip. Everything else is up for grabs.

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💻 Computing History 🌐 Geopolitics Of Tech 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏭 Industrial Policy 💰 Economic Statecraft

Chip War 88%

One island makes nearly every advanced computer chip. Everything else is up for grabs.

by Chris Miller100 2022

4.40

43k+ ratings

💻 Computing History 🌐 Geopolitics Of Tech 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏭 Industrial Policy 💰 Economic Statecraft

Blood Money

by Peter Schweizer • 2024

China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.

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1k+

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🌍 Geopolitical Conflict 💊 Opioid Crisis 🔫 State-Sponsored Crime 📱 Information Warfare

Blood Money 88%

China attacks with fentanyl, gun switches, TikTok. The silence from Washington is bought.

by Peter Schweizer 2024

4.36

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🌍 Geopolitical Conflict 💊 Opioid Crisis 🔫 State-Sponsored Crime 📱 Information Warfare

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

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55k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 88%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

Making It in America

by Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Making It in America 88%

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

by Rachel Slade 2024

3.63

323 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

by Matthew C. Klein • 2020

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

Trade Wars Are Class Wars 88%

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

by Matthew C. Klein 2020

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA

by Henry M. Paulson Jr. • 2014

US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.

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🇨🇳 US-China Relations 🤝 Economic Diplomacy 💱 Currency Politics 📈 Emerging Markets 🌐 Global Finance

Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA Summary

Dealing with China [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] NA 88%

US-China progress was never about demands. It was about relationships built before they were needed.

by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014

3.77

2k+ ratings

🇨🇳 US-China Relations 🤝 Economic Diplomacy 💱 Currency Politics 📈 Emerging Markets 🌐 Global Finance

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

by Ray Dalio • 2021

Empires die on schedule: debt, division, rival. The sequence is repeating now.

4.27

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🏛️ Economic History 📈 Macro Investing 💸 Debt Cycles 💵 Reserve Currency ⚖️ Wealth Inequality

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order Summary

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order 88%

Empires die on schedule: debt, division, rival. The sequence is repeating now.

by Ray Dalio 2021

4.27

18k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 📈 Macro Investing 💸 Debt Cycles 💵 Reserve Currency ⚖️ Wealth Inequality

Day of Reckoning

by Benjamin M. Friedman • 1989

The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.

3.38

🏛️ Fiscal Policy ⚖️ Political Economy 💸 National Debt 🇺🇸📉 American Decline 🚢 Trade Deficits

Day of Reckoning 88%

The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.

by Benjamin M. Friedman 1989

3.38

13 ratings

🏛️ Fiscal Policy ⚖️ Political Economy 💸 National Debt 🇺🇸📉 American Decline 🚢 Trade Deficits

Unrestricted Warfare

by Qiao Liang • 1999

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

3.64

758

⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

Unrestricted Warfare 88%

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

by Qiao Liang 1999

3.64

758 ratings

⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

Paper Soldiers

by Saleha Mohsin • 2024

Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.

3.68

256

🏛️ Financial History 💵 Reserve Currency ⚔️ Economic Warfare 🇺🇸 American Hegemony 🌐 Political Economy

Paper Soldiers 88%

Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.

by Saleha Mohsin 2024

3.68

256 ratings

🏛️ Financial History 💵 Reserve Currency ⚔️ Economic Warfare 🇺🇸 American Hegemony 🌐 Political Economy

Has the West Lost It?

by Kishore Mahbubani • 2018

China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.

3.70

984

🌍 Global Power Shifts 🇨🇳 China's Rise ♟️ Realpolitik 🕊️ Non-Interventionism 🏛️ Multilateralism

Has the West Lost It? 88%

China and India ran the global economy for 1,800 years. The West's brief interruption is ending.

by Kishore Mahbubani 2018

3.70

984 ratings

🌍 Global Power Shifts 🇨🇳 China's Rise ♟️ Realpolitik 🕊️ Non-Interventionism 🏛️ Multilateralism

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

by Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

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🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

Power, Terror, Peace, and War 88%

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

by Walter Russell Mead 2004

3.67

108 ratings

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

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🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 88%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In

by Ted Rall • 2002

The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.

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170

🛢️ Oil Geopolitics 🇦🇫 Afghan War 💰 War Economy 🗯️ Graphic Journalism 📺 Media Criticism

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In Summary

By Peter B. Evans - Bringing the State Back In 88%

The War on Terror was never justice; it was a 50-billion-barrel pipeline through Afghanistan.

by Ted Rall 2002

3.58

170 ratings

🛢️ Oil Geopolitics 🇦🇫 Afghan War 💰 War Economy 🗯️ Graphic Journalism 📺 Media Criticism

The Globalization Paradox

by Dani Rodrik • 2010

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

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2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

The Globalization Paradox 88%

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

by Dani Rodrik 2010

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

Sold Out

by James Rickards • 2022

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

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316

🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

Sold Out 88%

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

by James Rickards 2022

3.50

316 ratings

🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

The New Silk Roads

by Peter Frankopan • 2018

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

3.57

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🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

The New Silk Roads 88%

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

by Peter Frankopan 2018

3.57

8k+ ratings

🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

Blood in the Streets

by James Dale Davidson • 1987

When empires decline, money dies. Where it goes, and the playbook for riding the wreckage.

3.86

🏛️ Political Economy 💥 Financial Crises 🔄 Hegemonic Cycles 🏭 Creative Destruction ↔️ Contrarian Investing

Blood in the Streets 88%

When empires decline, money dies. Where it goes, and the playbook for riding the wreckage.

by James Dale Davidson 1987

3.86

37 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💥 Financial Crises 🔄 Hegemonic Cycles 🏭 Creative Destruction ↔️ Contrarian Investing

Crouching Tiger

by Peter Navarro • 2015

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

4.04

219

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Crouching Tiger 88%

China's military buildup is a calculated plan to dominate Asia and choke off American power.

by Peter Navarro 2015

4.04

219 ratings

🌏 Us-China Relations 🇨🇳 Chinese Military 🏯 Asian Geopolitics ⚓ Naval Strategy ☢️ Deterrence Theory

Poorly Made in China

by Paul Midler • 2009

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

4.09

2k+

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Poorly Made in China 88%

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

by Paul Midler 2009

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Bad Samaritans

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2007

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

4.20

6k+

🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Bad Samaritans 88%

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2007

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Entrepreneurial Nation

by Ro Khanna • 2012

Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.

3.73

🏭 American Manufacturing 🏛️ Industrial Policy ⚙️ Innovation Policy 👷 Skills Gap 🏗️ Reshoring

Entrepreneurial Nation 88%

Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.

by Ro Khanna 2012

3.73

30 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🏛️ Industrial Policy ⚙️ Innovation Policy 👷 Skills Gap 🏗️ Reshoring

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