The rise and fall of nations
A reevaluation of economics as a practical art form distills economics into ten succinct rules while discussing how to recognize political, economic, and social changes that affect everyday life.
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- "The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XKQ4636/
Great book, it directionally aligns Progress to accountability (really accounting). After reading the book, when I am in a big city I look up at the skyscrapers and think about how despite the web of vendors and people trying to defraud each other, some small amount of value manages to get diverted into a successful skyscraper, and this is made possible by accounting. Progress is an iterative prisoner's dilemma
- The article is an extract from just released book:
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Ten Rules of Change in the Post-Crisis World, by Ruchir Sharma https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Nations-Forces-Post-Crisis/...
A very deep, data driven analysis of growth in post crisis world. Inequality "good vs. bad billionaires", ability to change, immigration, technological progress...
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