Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines historys most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those weve experienced in our lifetimes – but similar to those that have happened many times before.

A few years ago, Ray Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadnt encountered before. They included huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the worlds three major reserve currencies; big political and social conflicts within countries, especially the US, due to the largest wealth, political and values disparities in more than 100 years; and the rising of a world power (China) to challenge the existing world power (US) and the existing world order. The last time that this confluence occurred was between 1930 and 1945. This realisation sent Dalio on a search for the repeating patterns and