by Ray Dalio
First published 2025
In a world where economic dominoes fall one by one, countries are pushed to the brink of insolvency. Ray Dalio's timely novel "How Countries Go Broke" pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes game of global finance. As the US dollar wavers and debt crises erupt worldwide, a desperate race begins to stave off financial armageddon. With riveting detail, the story follows the tough decisions facing leaders, the cascading impact on ordinary citizens, and the radical solutions that could restore stability - or shatter the system forever. At its core, this is a cautionary tale of hubris, greed, and the fragility of the economic order we take for granted.
Genres: economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, finance
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cautionary-tale
400 pages · Hardcover · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster