Description: The acclaimed economist and author of The Future of Money argues that the forces meant to stabilize the world's economy are in fact driving global instability
"An excellent survey of some of the most important issues in international affairs today." --Financial Times Global economic power is shifting, liberal market-oriented democracies face growing domestic turmoil, and international trade and financial integration is crumbling. How did we get here? In The Doom Loop, economist Eswar Prasad argues that the very forces that we long believed could stabilize the world order are fueling its destabilization. Rather than promoting shared prosperity, globalization has instead deepened economic inequality, stoked political backlash, and prompted escalating trade wars. Institutions like the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, founded to foster international cooperation, have failed to adapt to twenty-first-century realities. The rise of "middle power" countries like India, Brazil, and Indonesia once suggested a stable multipolar future, but today, such nations are increasingly forced to pick sides as the United States and China fight for global dominance. Prasad argues that we are caught in a destructive feedback loop between economics, domestic politics, and geopolitics. The Doom Loop offers a clear-eyed and bracing account of a world spiraling into disorder, and makes it clear that old solutions cannot pull us out--we need radically new solutions to solve the world's problems.Review Quotes: "This important and sobering book delves into the root causes of a perilous period for the global economy. Eswar Prasad, one of the United States' top economists, clearly and elegantly explains how the post-World War II international order has been undermined in a destructive feedback loop of financial and debt crises, populist domestic politics, and dramatic geopolitical shifts. Despite the bleak picture, Prasad's deep analysis offers critical insights into how we can escape our current predicament, the doom loop, of his title."--Fiona Hill, author of There Is Nothing for You Here