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Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century

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Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.

The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed old political fault lines in the United States.

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century is a long history of this present political moment. It recounts three histories - one about geopolitics, one about the world economy, and one about western democracies - and explains how in the years of political disorder prior to the pandemic the disruption in each became one big story. It shows how much of this turbulence originated in problems generated by fossil-fuel energies, and it explains why as the green transition takes place the long-standing predicaments energy invariably shapes will remain in place.

The Afterword brings these geopolitical, economic, and political crises up to date by reflecting on the development and impact of the war in Ukraine.
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Helen Thompson's book stands tallest among the recent titles that attempt to make sense of our age of crises. Disorder is a singular work owing to the skill with which Thompson maps the intersecting relationships between energy, global monetary policy, and the state of liberal democracy. ― New Statesman

Fascinating ― Simon Nixon, The Times

A stimulating read. ― Howard Davies, Literary Review

Exceptional ― Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman

Excellent. ― Peter Franklin, Unherd

Bold and brilliant, studded with insights...one of the year's most essential books. ― Christopher Bray, The Tablet

A powerful guide to modern Hard Times...any reader will finish it with a deeper understanding of our contemporary challenges. ― Paschal Donohoe, Irish Times

Most of us struggle to keep up [with the news], but not Helen Thompson - she doesn't merely grip each strand, but ties them together. ― Tom Clark, Prospect

Bursting with ideas. ― James Barr, The Critic

[Disorder is] as disturbing as it is thought-provoking. ― Martin Wolf, Financial Times, Summer Books 2022: Economics

If you are looking for a well-developed and convincing theory of our time, I advise you to start here. ― Gilles Gressani, Le Grand Continent, 'What to read this summer'

We are on the verge of a fascinating epoch that Thompson might write about in a second volume, but that doesnt invalidate her first. Instead, it underscores her larger point that energy and finance are often at the heart of geopolitics. ― Tony Yates, Chatham House

Disorder is a brilliant extended essay on the troubles of the era in terms of energy, global finance, governance and democracy...So much of this tortuously fascinating book gives the background to the global crisis now upon us, specifically in energy and governance. ― Robert Fox, Reaction

If you want to understand why Russia invaded Ukraine then this book will help ― Richard Lofthouse, QUAD

Deftly weaving together the history of energy, economics, and politics, Disorder restores depth to contemporary history. Refusing familiar stereotypes, Thompson offers a truly eye-opening account of our current predicament and points the way to a deeper understanding of the energy transition that lies ahead. Challenging and essential reading. ― Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History, Director of the European Institute, Columbia University

A remarkable history of the complex ways in which the global energy economy has shaped the wealth and politics of nations. Helen Thompson's command of her subject is second to none. Disorder is revelatory, sobering, and indispensable. ― Gary Gerstle, author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World during the Free Market Era

To read Thompson on the history of the past century is to see it in a sudden sharp definition. It is akin to looking through glass after the window-cleaner has been. ― Tom Holland, bestselling author and co-host of The Rest is History podcast

There could be no better guide than Helen Thompson to the turbulence of the 21st century, with its successive disruptions, from financial crisis to energy transition, from Brexit to emerging geopolitical conflicts. When history seems to have come for us with a vengeance since the turn of the millennium, this magisterial book brings into focus the key structural forces driving, not only recent events, but also the inevitable changes still to come. ― Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

In this absorbing and wide-ranging study Helen Thompson unravels the complex intersections of oil, money, and democracy for understanding the politics of the last century. She provides an indispensable and illuminating guide to our current predicaments. ― Andrew Gamble, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield

Thompson's conceptual work is...elaborate...full of revelations. ― Thomas König, Austrian Journal of Political Science

The best economics book for contextualising the present. ― James Grimshaw, Evening Standard

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Shortlisted for the 2022 FT Business Book of the Year Award

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Imported From: United Kingdom

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Every product in the BOLO catalogue is sourced through our Verified Global Supply Network of verified sellers, authorized distributors or directly from the manufacturer.

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Your trust is our top priority, and we are committed to maintaining transparency and integrity in every transaction.

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Unless otherwise stated, all prices displayed on the product page include applicable taxes and import duties.

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Description:

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s.

The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed old political fault lines in the United States.

Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century is a long history of this present political moment. It recounts three histories - one about geopolitics, one about the world economy, and one about western democracies - and explains how in the years of political disorder prior to the pandemic the disruption in each became one big story. It shows how much of this turbulence originated in problems generated by fossil-fuel energies, and it explains why as the green transition takes place the long-standing predicaments energy invariably shapes will remain in place.

The Afterword brings these geopolitical, economic, and political crises up to date by reflecting on the development and impact of the war in Ukraine.
Read more

Review

Helen Thompson's book stands tallest among the recent titles that attempt to make sense of our age of crises. Disorder is a singular work owing to the skill with which Thompson maps the intersecting relationships between energy, global monetary policy, and the state of liberal democracy. ― New Statesman

Fascinating ― Simon Nixon, The Times

A stimulating read. ― Howard Davies, Literary Review

Exceptional ― Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman

Excellent. ― Peter Franklin, Unherd

Bold and brilliant, studded with insights...one of the year's most essential books. ― Christopher Bray, The Tablet

A powerful guide to modern Hard Times...any reader will finish it with a deeper understanding of our contemporary challenges. ― Paschal Donohoe, Irish Times

Most of us struggle to keep up [with the news], but not Helen Thompson - she doesn't merely grip each strand, but ties them together. ― Tom Clark, Prospect

Bursting with ideas. ― James Barr, The Critic

[Disorder is] as disturbing as it is thought-provoking. ― Martin Wolf, Financial Times, Summer Books 2022: Economics

If you are looking for a well-developed and convincing theory of our time, I advise you to start here. ― Gilles Gressani, Le Grand Continent, 'What to read this summer'

We are on the verge of a fascinating epoch that Thompson might write about in a second volume, but that doesnt invalidate her first. Instead, it underscores her larger point that energy and finance are often at the heart of geopolitics. ― Tony Yates, Chatham House

Disorder is a brilliant extended essay on the troubles of the era in terms of energy, global finance, governance and democracy...So much of this tortuously fascinating book gives the background to the global crisis now upon us, specifically in energy and governance. ― Robert Fox, Reaction

If you want to understand why Russia invaded Ukraine then this book will help ― Richard Lofthouse, QUAD

Deftly weaving together the history of energy, economics, and politics, Disorder restores depth to contemporary history. Refusing familiar stereotypes, Thompson offers a truly eye-opening account of our current predicament and points the way to a deeper understanding of the energy transition that lies ahead. Challenging and essential reading. ― Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History, Director of the European Institute, Columbia University

A remarkable history of the complex ways in which the global energy economy has shaped the wealth and politics of nations. Helen Thompson's command of her subject is second to none. Disorder is revelatory, sobering, and indispensable. ― Gary Gerstle, author of The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World during the Free Market Era

To read Thompson on the history of the past century is to see it in a sudden sharp definition. It is akin to looking through glass after the window-cleaner has been. ― Tom Holland, bestselling author and co-host of The Rest is History podcast

There could be no better guide than Helen Thompson to the turbulence of the 21st century, with its successive disruptions, from financial crisis to energy transition, from Brexit to emerging geopolitical conflicts. When history seems to have come for us with a vengeance since the turn of the millennium, this magisterial book brings into focus the key structural forces driving, not only recent events, but also the inevitable changes still to come. ― Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge

In this absorbing and wide-ranging study Helen Thompson unravels the complex intersections of oil, money, and democracy for understanding the politics of the last century. She provides an indispensable and illuminating guide to our current predicaments. ― Andrew Gamble, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield

Thompson's conceptual work is...elaborate...full of revelations. ― Thomas König, Austrian Journal of Political Science

The best economics book for contextualising the present. ― James Grimshaw, Evening Standard

Book Description

Shortlisted for the 2022 FT Business Book of the Year Award

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