The World's Worst Bet The World's Worst Bet David J. Lynch

The World's Worst Bet

The Story of Globalization's Broken Promise (and How to Fix It)

by David J. Lynch

22 min read

About This Book

When Free Trade Turned Sour (2025) chronicles America's gamble on unfettered markets and its widespread impact across continents. The narrative explores how factory communities collapsed after the China shock, and how vulnerable supply networks buckled under pandemic pressure. It examines the personal and political costs of an economic transformation that was once presented as an unstoppable force of history.

Who Should Read This?

  • Readers interested in understanding international economic forces
  • Students of political economy and public policy
  • Those seeking to understand the forces behind contemporary political movements

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