Megathreats
Our Ten Biggest Threats, and How to Survive Them
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Narrated by:
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Kamran Khan
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By:
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Nouriel Roubini
About this listen
The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading towards 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 towards a Great Stagflation that will make the 1970s look like a walk in the park.
©2022 Nouriel Roubini (P)2022 Hachette AudioCritic Reviews
"Roubini 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)
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- Bradley
- 25-05-2023
Collection of possible risks
Mostly a long list of things that pose a potential threat to the global economy. Little analysis and lots of risk summaries
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- Clinton
- 21-12-2022
Worth perservering
Halfway through I was thinking, "where are the other threats, every threat so far is basically money..." - maybe that's the point though. The second half was more varied and I ended up enjoying the whole thing, especially the takes on cryptocurrency.
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- Brian Chan
- 03-10-2024
Good summary of megathreats
This is a good overview of the mega trends happening globally in the current era, and what may pose devastating economic threats or even existential threats to humankind.
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- Mr PB
- 26-02-2023
Interesting but a little unbalanced and sketchy on a few facts
Suffers from a lack of balance which may cause some readers to disregard the underlying issues and risks - which are nonetheless soundly arrived at. Quotes too many online news articles - which can be unreliable and always display the journalist’s preferences. Also Tasmania is not a country.
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- Bradley Perrett
- 28-05-2023
Poor performance by reader
The reader, or narrator, used slack pronunciation (‘innernational stradegy’) and, distractingly, often stressed the wrong words in a sentence.
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- Robert Organ
- 05-02-2023
Fantastic read - very measured
A really good read, a little concerning but very balanced and real. Provides food for thought. Thoroughly recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-01-2023
doctor realist delivers the truth
easy to follow. non boring. in depth analysis. worried but with a better understanding
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