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Tom Edwards / The Next Economy

The Next Economy

How Money, Power, and Technology Have Shaped Our World

1900–2075

From oil and global finance to artificial intelligence, digital money and clean energy, The Next Economy traces the forces transforming our world. Tom Edwards connects history, geopolitics, capital, conflict and innovation to ask what the next fifty years could hold.

Book price£14.99

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Inside the book

The past explains the present. The patterns point to the future.

01 / PEOPLE & POWER

How political decisions, institutions and conflict move economies.

02 / CAPITAL & ENERGY

How finance, resources and industry shape opportunity and risk.

03 / TECHNOLOGY & CHANGE

How AI, digital currencies and innovation could redraw the next era.

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