The famous American economist Nouriel Roubini (also notorious for the nickname Dr. Doom before his predictions about the 2008 housing crisis and the subsequent global financial crisis were confirmed—by which time it was too late) highlights in this book ten overlapping, interconnected "megathreats." From the worst debt crisis of all time and the massive government support packages causing inflation to closed borders for workers and products and a new superpower rivalry between the US and China, and from pandemics and climate change to the threat to jobs that artificial intelligence may pose, we are facing not one, not two, but ten causes of disaster. We can avoid doom, but we must act now. "Roubini analyzes the real problems with characteristic ease and with a clarity that is rare among economists. I have never read a more vivid and accurate description of our financial situation. This book will not only improve the reader's life but could also improve the world as a whole if central bankers embraced its message." NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB, author of The Black Swan and Skin in the Game "No economist manages to freeze the reader's blood better than Nouriel Roubini. However, his views are important not because they scare us, but because they are most often proven correct. With this book, he has outdone himself: the ten megathreats he describes in detail are as terrifying as they are real. He warned us. Let's prepare." MARTIN WOLF, chief economic commentator, Financial Times "The Ten Megathreats to Our Future, by the economics guru who predicted the 2008 crash, detail the most serious risks to global peace and prosperity in the coming decades. This book is a timely and evocative read that calls us to awaken." IAN BREMMER, president of Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis "A real achievement, based on the knowledge of economics, finance, the history of international relations, and the rich personal experience of Nouriel Roubini... This intelligent and timely analysis makes some complex and critical concepts understandable, concerning both our present and our future. Moreover, it very compellingly explains how flawed human judgment, misguided policies, and a collective disregard for natural constraints have brought us face to face with risks that concern not only our generation but also the future. If we ignore this book, we will deserve our fate." MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN, author of The Only Game in Town and When Markets Collide. "Roubini makes sober predictions that could very well prove true. He combines significant historical analogies, the multifaceted treatment of contemporary trends, and in-depth economic analysis to construct a captivating assessment of the long-term risks to the global economy. It is perhaps a dark but certainly brilliant work." KENNETH ROGOFF, author (in collaboration with Carmen Reinhart) of This Time Is Different