Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

Part I: How the world works. Introduction ; The big cycle in a tiny nutshell ; The determinants ; Determinants addendum ; The big cycle of money, credit, debt, and economic activity ; The changing value of money ; The big cycle of internal order and disorder ; The 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 ; The big cycle rise and decline of the Dutch Empire and the guilder ; The big cycle rise of the British Empire and the pound ; The big cycle rise and decline of the United States and the dollar ; The 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.