“Stability is often the exception, not the baseline.”
Global Economy, Finance & Geopolitics books shaping power, markets & decisions
Change now shows up fast. Markets move, policies shift and tensions escalate with little warning. What matters is understanding what was building before it surfaced, and what it means when it hits business. The books in this section focus on how power, policy and global relationships translate into real business impact. The speakers behind them bring that into focus, early enough to act with clarity.
Our Dollar Your Problem
In the insightful Our Dollar, Your Problem, Kenneth Rogoff delivers the definitive geopolitical compass for navigating the fragmenting global financial order. A former IMF Chief Economist and Harvard heavyweight, Rogoff deconstructs the "weaponisation" of the Greenback and the precarious dominance of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
In The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan delivers a high-velocity intellectual reorientation, forcibly pulling the global gaze away from the Atlantic and back to the world's original central nervous system. An Oxford visionary, Frankopan dismantles the Eurocentric "Dark Ages" myth to reveal a macro-historical blueprint where the spine of Asia has always been the primary engine of human progress.
The Elements of Power
In the highly acclaimed, The Elements of Power, investigative journalist Nicolas Niarchos uncovers the gritty reality behind the transition to a high-tech, green economy. Niarchos tracks the flow of critical minerals like cobalt and lithium, moving from the dangerous mines of the Congo to the strategic boardrooms of global superpowers.
Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
In Radical Uncertainty, John Kay and Mervyn King act as a rigorous intellectual solvent, dissolving the dangerous illusion that the future can be tamed by a spreadsheet. Kay, a world-class economist, alongside the former Governor of the Bank of England, delivers a high-stakes judgment framework for an era where "black swan" events have become the baseline.
107 Days
In 107 Days, Kamala Harris delivers a high-octane, behind-the-scenes look at the most unprecedented sprint in American political history. Chronicling the intense window between Joe Biden’s exit and the 2024 election, Harris provides a raw account of stepping into the spotlight with no room for error.
The Next Renaissance: AI and the Expansion of Human Potential (2026)
In Momentum, Kjell Nordström provides the definitive metabolic pulse-check for a world that has shifted from "change" to "constant churn." The "rockstar" of European business thinking argues that the triple shocks of pandemic, war, and climate have created a socio-economic slipstream that favours the fast over the perfect.
Prisoners of Geography
In Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall delivers a vital reality check for a global elite often blinded by the "death of distance." Marshall strips away the digital veneer of modern business to reveal the hard-wired constraints of the physical earth—the mountains, choke points, and rivers that still break or make empires.
The Power of Crisis
In The Power of Crisis, Ian Bremmer operates as a high-stakes geopolitical catalyst, reframing global emergencies as the only force capable of shattering international gridlock. The Eurasia Group founder asserts that the convergence of three existential shocks, pandemics, the climate emergency, and the AI arms race, will provide the necessary "Goldilocks" pressure to forge a reimagined global architecture
The Great Global Transformation
In The Great Global Transformation, world-renowned economist Branko Milanovic delivers a definitive analysis of the tectonic shifts redefining our world. Milanovic charts the historic migration of economic influence from West to East, examining the intense rivalry between liberal capitalism and state-led political capitalism.
Chokepoints
In Chokepoints, foreign policy expert Edward Fishman delivers a definitive analysis of how economic networks have become the ultimate weapon of power. Fishman explores how control over semiconductor supply chains, financial systems, and maritime routes provides unprecedented geopolitical leverage.
Why book a Geopolitics & Economic author speaker
The environment leaders are operating in is becoming more volatile and more interconnected. Most organisations don’t miss what’s happening. They misread what it means. A speaker in this space helps connect global events to markets, risk and decision making, early enough to act with clarity.