Principles for dealing with the changing world order: why nations succeed and fail

Part I: How the world works. Introduction ; Big cycle in a tiny nutshell ; Determinants ; Determinants addendum ; Big cycle of money, credit, debt, and economic activity ; Changing value of money ; Big cycle of internal order and disorder ; Big cycle of external order and disorder ; Investing in light of the big cycle --

Part II: How the world has worked over the last 500 years. The last 500 years in a tiny nutshell ; Big cycle rise and decline of the Dutch Empire and the guilder ; Big cycle rise of the British Empire and the pound ; Big cycle rise and decline of the United States and the dollar ; Big cycle rise of China and the renminbi ; US-China relations and wars --

Part III: The future. The future --

Appendix: Computer analysis of the conditions of, and prospects for, the world's leading countries.